United States strike wave of 1919

[5]: 111  This upsurge laid the groundwork for the subsequent strike wave of 1919, as workers began to grasp the influence they could exert over production through collective actions.

Concurrently, concerns among business and government leaders intensified, driven by a perception that existing industrial relations faced a unified challenge from what they regarded as a 'Bolshevist' conspiracy.

In the midst of the Seattle strikes, Mayor Ole Hanson called upon Secretary of War Newton Baker to deploy federal troops to threaten strikers to return to work.

The labor market tightened with the return of veterans, the resumption of immigration, economic contraction leading to two separate recessions, and rising prices.

The federal government, no longer protecting unions, dismantled its wartime labor agencies, enabling companies to resume union-busting efforts.

Becoming the wealthiest country at the time and in turn dramatically shifting the position of US business owners; giving them more power in shaping industries and loaning foreign capital.