The 1946 Westinghouse Electric strike was work stoppage by Westinghouse Electric Corporation workers beginning on 15 January 1946.[1] 75 000 workers participated.[2] On 6 March, the Pennsylvania State Police were called in to break up a picket line of 2000 workers in Pittsburgh after a fight broke out between the striking workers and supervisors of the Westinghouse east Pittsburgh plant.[3] The strike ended in mid-May 1946, after 115 days, with an agreement to raise wages by 18 and a half cents an hour.[4] The strike cost Westinghouse over 42 million dollars.[5]
References
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- ^ "ELECTRIC WORKERS CLOSE LONG STRIKE; 75,000 Employes Start Back to Westinghouse Today After Ratifying Rise". The New York Times. 13 May 1946. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "Westinghouse 1946 Strike Photos". University of Pittsburgh. 27 November 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "LABOR: After 115 Days". Time Magazine. 20 May 1946. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "LOSS FOR WESTINGHOUSE; Reconversion and Strike Cost $42,920,652 in First Half". The New York Times. 9 August 1946. Retrieved 25 June 2024.