1917 Bloomington Streetcar Strike

Labor dispute in Illinois, US Bloomington Streetcar Strike of 1917 streetcar strikes in the United States Second Illinois, artillery machine gun emplacements outside county courthouse.webp Illinois National Guard troops surrounding the Bloomington’s courthouse square May 28 – July 9, 1917 (May 1917 y ago) Bloomington, Illinois Daily pay increased by 35¢ Workday decreased from 9:20 to 9:00 hoursBloomington 1917 Strike https://www.motherjonesmuseum.org/bloomington-1917-strike 2023-04-08 Mother Jones Museum en Union Recognition Wrongful termination protections Amalgamated Transit Union Local 752Sympathy strikers B&N Street Railway Illinois National Guard Mother Jones US Rep. & owner of B&N: William B. McKinley ~200 Streetcar Strikers 1,200 sympathy strikers, C&A Railroad repair shopsUnknown English: The Bloomington Strike- July 7, 1917 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chicago_Tribune_Sat_July_7_1917.jpg 2023-04-10 Chicago Tribune B&N power plant sympathy strikers 1,400 National Guard Original pay before the strike was $2.25/day, for a nine-and-a-half-hour workday The 1917 Bloomington Streetcar Strike was a labor dispute starting on May 28, 1917Unknown Call Strike on Street Car Lines May 29, 1917 https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AThe_Pantagraph_May_29_1917_(Page_1-3).pdf&page=3 3 2023-04-10 The PantagraphSources conflict on the starting date of the strike. ATU Local 752The Founding of ATU Local 752 https://www.atulocal752.org/about/about.htm 2023-04-08 atulocal752.org mistakenly states April 28, 1917 for its history. While the Mother Jones museum & McLean County Museum state March 28, 1917 which aligns with all the primary sources. 1. lower-greek when ATU Local 752 called a strike for union recognition, increased pay, and a shortened workday. Facing a strike, Bloomington & Normal Street Railway & Light offered a 20¢ a day increase before the strike but refused to give union recognition, so the union struck. A month into the strike Mother Jones rallied for the cause. It ended in July when the mayor of Bloomington, E.E. Jones, mediated contract talks between the workers and company from July 6 to 9. During this, Illinois National Guard had been stationed outside the courthouse where mediation was occurring and B&N's power plant, equipped with machine gun emplacements. An agreement was reached on July 9, 1917, in a victory for the union, winning recognition, reduced hours, and increased pay.A Community in Conflict: 1917 https://digital-exhibits.mchistory.org/digital-exhibits/a-community-in-conflict/timeline/1917 McLean County Museum of HistoryUnknown English: TEXT AGREEMENT WHICH SETTLES STREET RAILWAY STRIKE 1917-07-10 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Pantagraph_Tue_Jul_10_1917.jpg 2023-04-09 The Pantagraph See also 1917 Twin Cities streetcar strike left Further reading The Daily Pantagraph, 1917 Streetcar Strike Articles Collection Sasic, Eme. Bloomington to celebrate centennial of street car strike. Retrieved 2023-04-08. Raye, Janet (August 19, 2017). Bloomington IL Street Car Strike of 1917. Retrieved 2023-04-08. Sobota, Lenore (July 2, 2017). A walk through time: Bloomington's 1917 streetcar strike. pantagraph.com. Retrieved 2023-04-08. References Notes lower-greek Category:1917 in Illinois Category:1917 labor disputes and strikes Category:Labor disputes in Illinois Category:Bloomington, Illinois Category:Amalgamated Transit Union