Milestones: Strike of 1916


Source News 1



  Type Newspaper Article
  Year June 28, 1916
  Source
Hibbing Daily Tribune
  Size 56K

This article lists what it was that the workers were hoping to get by walking out of their jobs.



WHAT STRIKERS
ARE DEMANDING

The following demands are the de-
mands made by the I.W.W. leaders
and which the strike committee says
it will present to the Oliver Iron Min-
ing company today.
1. $3.50 per day for wet places.
$3.00 per day for dry places.
Minimum wage.
2. $2.75 per day for surface work-
ers
and men employed in the open pit
mines, eight hours (8) constitutes a
day's work.
3. Eight hours (8) constitutes
day's work for all men (there includ-
ed the men working in the open pit
mines) miners to go in and come out
of mine on company's time.

4. Pay-day twice a month.
5. Saturday night shift to be
abolished and miners to receive full
pay.
6. Abolition of the contract sys-
tem.

7. Miners to be paid as soon as
they quit work.............


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