Hardin County onion pickers strike

Hardin County onion pickers strike
Hardin County onion pickers strike
	newspaper clipping
Date	June 20, 1934 - August 28, 1934
Location	Hardin County, Ohio; 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
Parties
Agricultural Workers Union; ; American Civil Liberties Union, ; Socialist Party of America	Growers; ; Strikebreakers; ; Vigilante groups; ; Hardin County Sheriff; ; Ohio National Guard
Lead figures
	J.M Rizor; ; Sam Pollock; ; Okey Odell Scioto Land Company
Number
~1,000	~250

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.