Hawaii Sugar Strike 1946 at Harold Chappell blog

Hawaii Sugar Strike 1946. Aloha e, september 1 marks the 75th anniversary of the historic 1946 sugar strike. The 1946 sugar strike brought an end to hawai'i's paternalistic labor relations ushering in a new era of participatory democracy both on the. On september 1, 1946, sugar workers on 33 of hawai’i’s 34 plantations went on strike, which lasted almost three months and led to substantial improvements in pay, housing, and working conditions. More than 26,000 plantation workers and their families went on strike for nearly three months, closing all but one of 34 plantations across the island chain. It was the first strike to ever shut down hawai’i’s powerful sugar industry, a pivotal moment in hawai’i’s labor history. The hawaiian sugar strike of 1946 was one of the most expensive strikes in history. In 1944 the union claimed 900 members and 28,000 in 1946! The loss of $5,000,000 in wages by about 28,000 sugar workers was a crippling blow. The vise which harry bridges had screwed on hawaii. Wwii was over, and the ilwu was making steady gains in organizing plantation workers. This strike involved almost all of the plantations in hawaii,. Clearly a showdown was in the offing. The 1946 sugar strike contributed to ending hawai'i's feudalistic labor relations with the plantation owners and the big five.

Aloha e, september 1 marks the 75th anniversary of the historic 1946 sugar strike. It was the first strike to ever shut down hawai’i’s powerful sugar industry, a pivotal moment in hawai’i’s labor history. The loss of $5,000,000 in wages by about 28,000 sugar workers was a crippling blow. Wwii was over, and the ilwu was making steady gains in organizing plantation workers. The 1946 sugar strike brought an end to hawai'i's paternalistic labor relations ushering in a new era of participatory democracy both on the. Clearly a showdown was in the offing. On september 1, 1946, sugar workers on 33 of hawai’i’s 34 plantations went on strike, which lasted almost three months and led to substantial improvements in pay, housing, and working conditions. More than 26,000 plantation workers and their families went on strike for nearly three months, closing all but one of 34 plantations across the island chain. In 1944 the union claimed 900 members and 28,000 in 1946! The vise which harry bridges had screwed on hawaii.

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Hawaii Sugar Strike 1946 It was the first strike to ever shut down hawai’i’s powerful sugar industry, a pivotal moment in hawai’i’s labor history. The 1946 sugar strike brought an end to hawai'i's paternalistic labor relations ushering in a new era of participatory democracy both on the. The hawaiian sugar strike of 1946 was one of the most expensive strikes in history. It was the first strike to ever shut down hawai’i’s powerful sugar industry, a pivotal moment in hawai’i’s labor history. More than 26,000 plantation workers and their families went on strike for nearly three months, closing all but one of 34 plantations across the island chain. On september 1, 1946, sugar workers on 33 of hawai’i’s 34 plantations went on strike, which lasted almost three months and led to substantial improvements in pay, housing, and working conditions. Wwii was over, and the ilwu was making steady gains in organizing plantation workers. In 1944 the union claimed 900 members and 28,000 in 1946! Aloha e, september 1 marks the 75th anniversary of the historic 1946 sugar strike. The 1946 sugar strike contributed to ending hawai'i's feudalistic labor relations with the plantation owners and the big five. Clearly a showdown was in the offing. The vise which harry bridges had screwed on hawaii. This strike involved almost all of the plantations in hawaii,. The loss of $5,000,000 in wages by about 28,000 sugar workers was a crippling blow.