1919 United States strike wave

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	labor strike wave
gptkbp:cause	inflation demand for higher wages demand for better working conditions anti-union sentiment post-World War I economic instability
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:endDate	1919
gptkbp:followedBy	decline in union membership
gptkbp:historicalName	labor unrest economic transition post-World War I United States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	1919 United States strike wave
gptkbp:impact	labor movement setback rise of anti-communism increased labor legislation
gptkbp:location	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	widespread
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:Boston_Police_Strike gptkb:Seattle_General_Strike Coal Strike of 1919 Steel Strike of 1919
gptkbp:notableFigure	gptkb:Calvin_Coolidge gptkb:A._Mitchell_Palmer gptkb:Samuel_Gompers gptkb:William_Z._Foster
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees	over 4 million
gptkbp:numberOfStrikers	over 3,600
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:aircraft gptkb:government police business owners
gptkbp:perceivedAs	Bolshevik-inspired radical threat
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Boston_Police_Strike gptkb:Seattle_General_Strike gptkb:First_Red_Scare Great Steel Strike of 1919
gptkbp:result	gptkb:public_policy public backlash increased anti-labor sentiment suppression of unions
gptkbp:startDate	1919
gptkbp:supportedBy	gptkb:American_Federation_of_Labor gptkb:Industrial_Workers_of_the_World labor unions
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Seattle_General_Strike
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5