Boston Police Strike

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historical event labor strike police strike

The Boston Police Strike was a major 1919 labor action by Boston police officers that led to widespread disorder, a harsh government crackdown, and became a defining episode of anti-radical sentiment during the First Red Scare in the United States.

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Label	Occurrences
1919 Boston Police Strike	1
Boston Police Strike canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ labor strike ⓘ police strike ⓘ
affiliatedWith	American Federation of Labor NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	public safety concerns in Boston ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describedBySource	American Federation of Labor records ⓘ Massachusetts state government reports ⓘ contemporary newspaper accounts ⓘ
endTime	1919-09-13 ⓘ
followedBy	rise in Calvin Coolidge’s national political prominence ⓘ strengthening of anti-union sentiment in public sector ⓘ
genre	labor history of the United States ⓘ
hasCause	denial of police union recognition ⓘ low police wages ⓘ poor working conditions ⓘ refusal to allow affiliation with the American Federation of Labor ⓘ
hasConsequence	deployment of state guard troops in Boston ⓘ rioting and looting in Boston ⓘ several civilian deaths during unrest ⓘ
hasEffect	association of public employee strikes with disloyalty ⓘ intensification of anti-radical sentiment in the United States ⓘ long-term resistance to police unionization ⓘ public fear of Bolshevism and radicalism ⓘ
location	Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfParticipants	over 1,100 police officers ⓘ
opponent	Boston Police Commissioner Edwin Upton Curtis NERFINISHED ⓘ Boston city government NERFINISHED ⓘ Commonwealth of Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Governor Calvin Coolidge NERFINISHED ⓘ
participant	Boston Police Department NERFINISHED ⓘ Boston police officers ⓘ Massachusetts State Guard NERFINISHED ⓘ Massachusetts militia NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	First Red Scare NERFINISHED ⓘ
pointInTime	1919 ⓘ
politicalContext	First Red Scare in the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ post–World War I labor unrest in the United States ⓘ
result	defeat of the police unionization effort ⓘ improved pay and conditions for replacement officers ⓘ mass dismissal of striking officers ⓘ replacement of strikers with new recruits ⓘ
significance	defining episode in U.S. public-sector labor relations ⓘ key event in the political career of Calvin Coolidge ⓘ
significantPerson	Calvin Coolidge NERFINISHED ⓘ Edwin Upton Curtis NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Gompers NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1919-09-09 ⓘ

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First Red Scare → significantEvent → Boston Police Strike ⓘ

The Given Day → historicalEventDepicted → Boston Police Strike ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1919 Boston Police Strike