Hardin County onion pickers strike | |||
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Date | June 20, 1934 | - August 28, 1934||
Location | 40°40′45.6168″N 83°47′26.376″W / 40.679338000°N 83.79066000°W | ||
Caused by | Long work day, low wages, lack of access to bathroom facilities | ||
Goals | Standardize an eight-hour work day, and receive a 23 cents-an-hour wage increase, raise standard of working conditions | ||
Resulted in | Union successfully bargained for a 13 cent-an-hour wage increase, no change to working conditions | ||
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Lead figures | |||
J.M Rizor; Scioto Land Company | |||
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The Hardin County onion pickers strike was a strike by agricultural workers in Hardin County, Ohio, in 1934. Led by the Agricultural Workers Union, Local 19724, the strike began on June 20, two days after the trade union formed. After the kidnapping and beating of the union's leader and the intervention of the Ohio National Guard on behalf of the growers, the strike ended in October with a partial victory for the union. Some growers met the union's demand for a 35-cents-an-hour minimum wage, but the majority did not.