Word: strike
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...between John L. Lewis and representatives of the nation's soft coal producers will be resumed tomorrow at Charleston and White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. These meetings will be the resumption of efforts of Cyrus S. Ching, director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, to settle the coal strike which has been continning "unofficially" but effectively since September...
This year's coal strike differed from those of recent times in that the United Mine Workers never used their usual "no contract, no work" slogan. Instead, after the last contract expired on June 31, the miners inaugurated a three-day work week in an effort to strengthen their bargaining position. Their aim was to cut down existing coal stocks without the odium or financial stress of going out on strike...
...strike was 100 per cent effective among Lewis's miners, and there were some instances of violence at non-union mines which continued their operations. The anthracite welfare fund, administered separately, had to suspend payments on September 30, since its reserves were dwindling...
...Strike Shrinks...
...position of the UMW was not as strong as it had hoped, since summer demand for coal had dropped considerably, negating the effect of the three-day week. Early last week, the anthracite miners ended their sympathy strike, perhaps to persuade their home-heating customers not to switch to oil. Next day, the 22,000 soft coal miners west of the Mississippi returned to their jobs...