6-11 February 1919: The Seattle General Strike—In sympathy with Seattle's shipyard workers, who were on strike against lingering wartime wage freezes, rank & file union members, openly inspired by the Bolshevik takeover of Russia, called a general strike, over the objections of union officials; the city was paralyzed, but peaceful & orderly; the strikers lost the propaganda war to mayor Ole Hanson.
Lest we forget.
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