1934 Toledo Auto-Lite Strike

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:trade_unionist
gptkbp:cause improved working conditions
better wages
demand for union recognition
gptkbp:endDate 1934-06-03
gptkbp:historicalSignificance major event in U.S. labor history
helped spur union growth in the 1930s
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1934 Toledo Auto-Lite Strike
gptkbp:location gptkb:Toledo,_Ohio
gptkbp:notableEvent violent clashes
hundreds injured
National Guard intervention
deaths of two strikers
gptkbp:organization gptkb:Ohio_National_Guard
gptkb:American_Federation_of_Labor
Lucas County Unemployed League
gptkbp:participants over 6,000
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:1934_Minneapolis_Teamsters_Strike
gptkb:1934_West_Coast_Longshore_Strike
gptkbp:result improved working conditions
union recognition
wage increase
gptkbp:startDate 1934-04-12
gptkbp:topic workers
Electric Auto-Lite Company
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Industrial_Workers_of_the_World_(international)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7