July 16.1967-U.S. general strike of railway workers
On June ninth day) (DingWei years, July 16, 1967, the U.S. general strike of railway workers. In 16,
1967 130 007 thousand railway workers launched a nationwide strike. The strike is due to the U.S. invasion of Vietnam war making caused by soaring prices, workers' real wages declining.
after railway workers involved in the strike struggle as many as 70 million people, the strike forced the United States more than 95% of the railway passenger and freight traffic to a standstill. The beauty news agency estimated that the strike within 48 hours so that the railway employers loss of U.S. $ 75 million. It is the first postwar American railroad workers nationwide strike. U.S. President Johnson claimed, since the railway strike, the United States is facing a national crisis.
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