Demand for payment in West Marks instead of East Marks
Parties
Unabhängige Gewerkschaftsopposition [de] (UGO) East German State Railway
East German government
Number
12,000 trade union workers
Casualties
Death(s)
1
Arrested
+50
On 21 May 1949, the Unabhängige Gewerkschaftsopposition [de] (UGO) and the East German State Railway in the West sectors called upon to strike to demand payment in West Marks instead of East Marks. Around 13.000 railworkers living in West Berlin participated in the strike.[1][2][3]
^Middleton, Drew (22 June 1949). "WEST ASKS ENDING OF BERLIN STRIKE; Urges Rail Workers to Accept Soviet-Sponsored Terms -- Answer Is Due Today RUSSIANS REMAIN FIRM Reserve the Right to Dismiss 'Shirkers and Saboteurs' Despite No-Reprisal Pledge". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
^Gruson, Sydney (May 22, 1949). "Bloody Riots Mark Berlin Rail Strike, 500 Reported Hurt". The New York Times: 1.
^"1949. Berlin Faces Labor Uprising". Billdownscbs.com. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
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