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1892 New Orleans general strike information


New Orleans general strike
Dockworkers loading and unloading goods on a New Orleans' wharf one year before the strike.
DateNovember 8 – 12, 1892
Location
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Goals
  • 10-hour work day
  • Overtime pay
  • Preferential union shop
MethodsStrike
Resulted in
  • 10-hour day implemented
  • Overtime pay guaranteed
Parties
Triple Alliance
Amalgamated Council
Board of Trade
Casualties
Arrested80

The New Orleans general strike was a general strike in the U.S. city of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, that began on November 8, 1892. Despite appeals to racial hatred, black and white workers remained united. The general strike ended on November 12, with unions gaining most of their original demands.

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