Chinese labor strike of 1867

GPTKB entity

Statements (18)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:trade_unionist
gptkbp:cause demand for higher wages
demand for equal pay with white workers
demand for shorter workdays
gptkbp:date June 1867
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Central_Pacific_Railroad
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Chinese labor strike of 1867
gptkbp:location gptkb:California
gptkb:Sierra_Nevada
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:participants gptkb:Chinese_railroad_workers
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Transcontinental_Railroad
Chinese American history
gptkbp:result strike ended after one week
demands not met
gptkbp:significance one of the largest labor actions by Chinese workers in 19th-century America
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Central_Pacific_Railroad_Company
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7