Statements (26)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:trade_unionist
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gptkbp:cause |
low wages
poor working conditions abusive management practices |
gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_States
|
gptkbp:employer |
gptkb:Pressed_Steel_Car_Company
|
gptkbp:ethnicGroup |
Italian immigrants
Eastern European immigrants Slavic immigrants |
gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
influenced future labor movements
highlighted labor unrest in early 20th century America |
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
McKees Rocks Strike (1909)
|
gptkbp:industry |
railroad car manufacturing
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gptkbp:location |
gptkb:McKees_Rocks,_Pennsylvania
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gptkbp:notableEvent |
gptkb:Bloody_Sunday_(August_22,_1909)
|
gptkbp:notableLeader |
Joe Magarac (legendary figure)
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gptkbp:numberOfEmployees |
over 5,000
|
gptkbp:opposedBy |
private security
local police state militia |
gptkbp:result |
violent clashes
deaths of workers and law enforcement partial improvements in working conditions |
gptkbp:startDate |
1909
|
gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:McKees_Rocks
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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