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The Onslow County News And Views
Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina
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Nationwide labor disputes idle nearly a million workers on Thursday, worst in months since V-J Day; deadlock in Chicago oil talks; New York elevator strike by 15,000 AFL workers paralyzes city, costing millions.
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Elevator Strike Knots New York
By Associated Press
Tension mounted over the nation's spreading labor strife Thursday as the army of idle workers as result of labor disputes skyrocketed to near the million mark.
The overall labor picture was the worst in months.
The strike list, below the 100,000 mark most of the year preceding V-J Day, bulged as hundreds of thousands of workers were forced off their jobs by disputes. There were some fresh outbreaks.
A quick survey showed that more than 1,850,000 workers were off their jobs, some 370,000 idle by strikers, the others hit indirectly by stoppages.
There was an apparent deadlock in the Chicago conference of the oil industry.
For the fourth day New York struggled in the grip of a strike which paralyzed business and industrial activity at an estimated loss of millions of dollars as 15,000 American Federation of Labor elevator operators and building service employes struck.
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New York
Event Date
Thursday
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more than 1,850,000 workers off their jobs, 370,000 idle by strikes, others indirectly hit; new york strike paralyzes business and industrial activity at estimated loss of millions of dollars
Event Details
Tension mounted over the nation's spreading labor strife as the army of idle workers from labor disputes skyrocketed to near the million mark. The overall labor picture was the worst in months. The strike list, below the 100,000 mark most of the year preceding V-J Day, bulged as hundreds of thousands of workers were forced off their jobs by disputes. There were some fresh outbreaks. A quick survey showed more than 1,850,000 workers off their jobs. There was an apparent deadlock in the Chicago conference of the oil industry. For the fourth day New York struggled in the grip of a strike which paralyzed business and industrial activity as 15,000 American Federation of Labor elevator operators and building service employes struck.