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U.S. postal strike of 1970
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/U.S._postal_strike_of_1970
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:center
gptkb:trade_unionist
gptkbp:affectedArea
gptkb:Boston
gptkb:Chicago
gptkb:Detroit
gptkb:New_York_City
gptkb:Philadelphia
gptkb:San_Francisco
gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:cause
demand for better wages and working conditions
gptkbp:endDate
1970-03-25
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
U.S. postal strike of 1970
gptkbp:location
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableEvent
President Richard Nixon called in the National Guard
first nationwide strike of federal employees in U.S. history
involved over 200,000 postal workers
gptkbp:opposedBy
gptkb:U.S._federal_government
gptkbp:participants
gptkb:American_Postal_Workers_Union
gptkb:National_Association_of_Letter_Carriers
United States Postal Service employees
gptkbp:precededBy
wage freeze for federal employees
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:United_States_Postal_Service
gptkb:Postal_Reorganization_Act_of_1970
gptkbp:result
gptkb:Postal_Reorganization_Act_of_1970
creation of United States Postal Service
gptkbp:startDate
1970-03-18
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Postal_Reorganization_Act_of_1970
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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