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The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
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50,000 civil service workers in Palestine went on a general strike on April 16, 1946, demanding higher pay and better conditions, halting most government functions. A demonstration supported a hunger strike by Jewish leaders protesting detention of refugees in Italy.
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50,000 ON STRIKE
IN PALESTINE FOR
HIGHER GOVT. PAY
JERUSALEM. April 16.- A general strike of Palestine's 50,000 civil service workers halted every government function today except water supplies, police and health. Work stoppages were orderly throughout the country and there was no picketing. The only major demonstration was at the Jewish Agency headquarters in Jerusalem. Several thousand persons appeared in prayer shawls before the building where 15 Jewish leaders are in the fifth day of a hunger strike in protest against the detaining of Jewish refugees at La Spezia, Italy. The strike of civil service workers, including both Arabs and Jews, was called to back demands for higher pay and better working conditions.
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Palestine
Event Date
April 16, 1946
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orderly work stoppages halted government functions except water supplies, police, and health; no picketing; demonstration at jewish agency headquarters.
Event Details
A general strike of Palestine's 50,000 civil service workers, including Arabs and Jews, halted every government function today except water supplies, police, and health. Work stoppages were orderly throughout the country with no picketing. The only major demonstration was at the Jewish Agency headquarters in Jerusalem, where several thousand persons appeared in prayer shawls before the building where 15 Jewish leaders are in the fifth day of a hunger strike protesting the detaining of Jewish refugees at La Spezia, Italy. The strike was called to back demands for higher pay and better working conditions.