Textile Workers Strike of 1934

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:trade_unionist
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Uprising_of_'34
gptkbp:arrested	thousands
gptkbp:cause	low wages poor working conditions long hours
gptkbp:endDate	1934-09-22
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Textile Workers Strike of 1934
gptkbp:location	gptkb:New_England gptkb:Southern_United_States gptkb:United_States gptkb:Mid-Atlantic_States
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	gptkb:Uprising_of_'34_(documentary_film)
gptkbp:notableEvent	National Guard deployed in several states violent confrontations in Gastonia, North Carolina
gptkbp:organizedBy	gptkb:United_Textile_Workers_of_America
gptkbp:participants	approximately 400,000
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Great_Depression gptkb:National_Industrial_Recovery_Act labor movement in the United States
gptkbp:result	strike failed many workers blacklisted increased anti-union sentiment in the South
gptkbp:significance	largest strike in the U.S. textile industry
gptkbp:startDate	1934-09-01
gptkbp:victim	at least 13
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Textile_Workers gptkb:Depression-era_United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7