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Windber Strike of 1922-23 PA2000 |
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Windber-area Berwind White workers joined a national strike by United Mine Workers of America in April 1922 for improved wages and working conditions, civil liberties, and recognition. The strike lasted 16 months; families of strikers were evicted from company housing. A City of New York inquiry exposed deplorable living and working conditions and urged nationalization of coal mines.
Near Graham Aveand 13th Street in Miner's Park, Windber. Somerset County Pennsylvania.
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Pennsylvania 