Immense Leather Workers Strike in Montreal
A Montreal leather workers strike causes a $30,000 weekly wage loss. reports describe union actions and potential impacts on local industry as tensions rise.
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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1882
Page
1
A Montreal leather workers strike causes a $30,000 weekly wage loss. reports describe union actions and potential impacts on local industry as tensions rise.
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Six thousand leather workers in Montreal remain idle as a general strike cuts wages for over $30,000 weekly. Citizens largely sympathy, while manufacturers suffer heavy losses from suspended business. Special dispatch notes widespread hardship and unrest.
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