The cost of living which was greatly influenced by inflation resulted to strikes.
The end of World War I brought great upheaval to American society. While workers wanted higher wages to keep up with inflation, companies wanted to hold down wages because inflation was also driving up their operating costs.
By the time the war ended, workers were better organized and much more capable of organizing strikes than they had been before. Many business leaders, on the other hand, were determined to break the power of the unions and roll back the gains labor had made.
These circumstances led to an enormous wave of strikes in 1919. The first major strike took place in Seattle, when some 35,000 shipyard workers walked off the job demanding higher wages and shorter hours.
The Seattle general strike involved more than 60,000 people and paralyzed the city for five days.
Although the strikers returned to work without making any gains, their actions worried many Americans because the general strike was a common tactic used in Europe by Communists another radical groups.
To learn more, see HobbsSchools.net - World War I and Its Aftermath 1914-1920.
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