Global Information Lookup Global Information

Hawaiian sugar strike of 1946 information


The Hawaiian sugar strike of 1946 was one of the most expensive strikes in history. This strike involved almost all of the plantations in Hawaii, creating a cost of over $15 million in crop and production. This strike would become one of the leading causes for social change throughout the territory.[1]

  1. ^ Melanie Hicken, Business Insider, "Most Expensive Strikes in History". Feb. 29, 2012.

and 25 Related for: Hawaiian sugar strike of 1946 information

Request time (Page generated in 0.8848 seconds.)

Hawaiian sugar strike of 1946

Last Update:

The Hawaiian sugar strike of 1946 was one of the most expensive strikes in history. This strike involved almost all of the plantations in Hawaii, creating...

Word Count : 1712

Hawaii Democratic Revolution of 1954

Last Update:

pineapple industry, not just strikes at the docks. The Hawaiian sugar strike of 1946 was launched against the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association and the...

Word Count : 1890

Oahu sugar strike of 1920

Last Update:

The Oahu sugar strike of 1920 was a multiracial strike in Hawaii of two unions, the Filipino American Filipino Labor Union and the Japanese American Federation...

Word Count : 707

History of Hawaii

Last Update:

protection to its people, who comprised about 25 percent of the Hawaiian population by 1896. The Hawaiian monarchy encouraged this multi-ethnic society, initially...

Word Count : 13537

Filipinos in Hawaii

Last Update:

Ilocos and Visayas regions of the Philippines to work in Hawaii.  Initially, Filipino men were recruited by the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association (HSPA)...

Word Count : 1993

List of conflicts in Hawaii

Last Update:

list of wars, bloodless wars, battles, conspiracies, rebellions, revolutions, nonviolent revolutions, massacres, and terrorist attacks in the Hawaiian Islands...

Word Count : 1090

Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom

Last Update:

Village" Hawaiian home land Hawaiian sovereignty movement Hawaiian Kingdom–United States relations Kalākaua Dynasty Legal Status of Hawaii List of bilateral...

Word Count : 7021

List of strikes

Last Update:

The following is a list of specific strikes (workers refusing to work, seeking to change their conditions in a particular industry or an individual workplace...

Word Count : 1368

Oxnard strike of 1903

Last Update:

(essentially declaring a strike). The strike came at a serendipitously precarious time in the sugar beet season, the staple crop of Oxnard Plain agriculture, since...

Word Count : 1969

1887 Constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom

Last Update:

Constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom was a legal document prepared by anti-monarchists to strip the absolute Hawaiian monarchy of much of its authority...

Word Count : 1568

Territory of Hawaii

Last Update:

The Territory of Hawaii or Hawaii Territory (Hawaiian: Panalāʻau o Hawaiʻi) was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from...

Word Count : 4597

1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake

Last Update:

trough. The wave reached Kauai, Hawaii 4.5 hours after the quake, and Hilo, Hawaii 4.9 hours later. In the Hawaiian Islands 159 people died. In Hilo...

Word Count : 1375

Hanapepe massacre

Last Update:

infiltration of the strikers' ranks was acknowledged by Jack Butler, executive head of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. Strike leaders were arrested...

Word Count : 1545

2018 Hawaii false missile alert

Last Update:

enhancing its strike capabilities. It is possible that North Korea may have the capability to deliver nuclear missiles to Hawaii. Hawaii is located roughly...

Word Count : 7684

List of US strikes by size

Last Update:

Conditions: The Railroad Strike of 1946". The National WWII Museum. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2022. Universal Newsreels. "Rail Strike Paralyzes Entire U...

Word Count : 3342

Republic of Hawaii

Last Update:

Republic of Hawaii (Hawaiian: Lepupalika o Hawaiʻi) was a short-lived one-party state in Hawaiʻi between July 4, 1894, when the Provisional Government of Hawaii...

Word Count : 2963

1978 Hawaii State Constitutional Convention

Last Update:

adoption of Hawaiian diacritical marks for official usage, use of Hawaiian names, etc. The Hawaiian language became the official state language of Hawaii for...

Word Count : 375

Hawaiian Kingdom

Last Update:

The Hawaiian Kingdom, also known as Kingdom of Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian: Ke Aupuni Hawaiʻi), was a sovereign state located in the Hawaiian Islands which existed...

Word Count : 6182

Ancient Hawaii

Last Update:

Ancient Hawaiʻi is the period of Hawaiian history preceding the unification in 1810 of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi by Kamehameha the Great. Traditionally,...

Word Count : 4181

Oahu Railway and Land Company

Last Update:

from September 1, 1946, through November 18, 1946, 22,000 sugar workers at 33 of Hawaii's 34 sugarcane plantations went on strike. Only the Gay & Robinson...

Word Count : 1987

Hawaii

Last Update:

Hawaii (/həˈwaɪ.i/ hə-WY-ee; Hawaiian: Hawaiʻi [həˈvɐjʔi, həˈwɐjʔi]) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about 2,000 miles (3...

Word Count : 22930

Kauai

Last Update:

Kauaʻi (Hawaiian: [kɐwˈwɐʔi]), anglicized as Kauai (English: /ˈkaʊaɪ/ KOW-eye or /kɑːˈwɑː.iː/ kah-WAH-ee), is one of the main Hawaiian Islands. It has...

Word Count : 4388

Honolulu molasses spill

Last Update:

one single living thing underwater". The Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar on Maui produces molasses from fresh sugar cane, and ships it to the mainland to be...

Word Count : 963

History of Maui

Last Update:

developed a written version of the Hawaiian Language. Among others, Hiram Bingham I employed Latin letters that approximated Hawaiian sounds in English. The...

Word Count : 5758

Provisional Government of Hawaii

Last Update:

Provisional Government of Hawaii (abbr.: P.G.; Hawaiian: Aupuni Kūikawā o Hawaiʻi) was proclaimed after the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom on January 17...

Word Count : 1646

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net