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Other workers went on strike in support.
Martin Luther King Jr. or MLK, went to Memphis, Tennessee in April 1968. He went there to support a strike of sanitation workers. But, that was the last of him. Some days later he was shot dead on the baconly of his hotel room.King went to Memphis to support a strike of sanitation workers but was later shot while standing on a motel balcony.
went on strike
He went to Memphis to support a strike of sanitation workers.
other workers went on strike in support
In 1919 after WWI when the government was less willing to cooperate with workers four million workers went on strike.
workers went on strike for higher wages,-novanet
over 300 railroad workers
The answer to your question...is that workers went on strike to demand higher wages($) and they also demanded better working conditions...also may not be part of your question but later on, the strike FAILED!
Andrew Carneigie began to threaten workers at the Homestead Steel Mill saying he'd cut down on their wages. Many workers went on strike to go against this because they thought it was unfair. Purpose was the workers went on strike so the industry won't cut down on their wages.
A+...meat workers union
350,000 workers 100,000 men and 250,000 others Others?