New Orleans General Strike: 30,000 Workers Achieve Interracial Labor Victory
Around 30,000 union members—half of New Orleans’ workforce and virtually all its unionized workers—strike on November 8, 1892, after the Board of Trade refuses to negotiate with the predominantly Black Teamsters union while offering contracts to white-dominated Scalesmen and Packers unions. …
Workingmen's Amalgamated Council
Triple Alliance
New Orleans Board of Trade
American Federation of Labor
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