1950 Atlanta transit strike, the Glossary
The Atlanta transit strike of 1950 was a lengthy transit strike that lasted from May 18, 1950, to December 16, 1950, in Atlanta, Georgia.[1]
Table of Contents
11 relations: Amalgamated Transit Union, Atlanta, Atlanta Transit Company, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia Power, Herbert Turner Jenkins, Margaret Mitchell, Share taxi, Supreme Court of the United States, Taxi, William B. Hartsfield.
- 1950 in Georgia (U.S. state)
- 1950 labor disputes and strikes
- 1950s strikes in the United States
- Georgia Power
- Labor dispute stubs
- Labor disputes in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Streetcar strikes in the United States
- Transportation labor disputes in the United States
Amalgamated Transit Union
The Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) is a labor organization in the United States and Canada that represents employees in the public transit industry.
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Atlanta
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia.
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Atlanta Transit Company
The Atlanta Transit Company (ATC) was a public transport operator based in Atlanta, Georgia, which existed from 1950 to 1972. 1950 Atlanta transit strike and Atlanta Transit Company are History of Atlanta.
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Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia, officially the State of Georgia, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
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Georgia Power
Georgia Power is an electric utility headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
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Herbert Turner Jenkins
Herbert Turner Jenkins (June 7, 1907 – July 20, 1990) was an American law enforcement official and the longest-serving police chief of Atlanta.
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Margaret Mitchell
Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell (November 8, 1900 – August 16, 1949) was an American novelist and journalist.
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A share taxi (also called shared taxi or taxibus, or jitney in the US) is a mode of transport which falls between a taxicab and a bus.
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Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States.
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Taxi
A taxi, also known as a taxicab or simply a cab, is a type of vehicle for hire with a driver, used by a single passenger or small group of passengers, often for a non-shared ride.
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William B. Hartsfield
William Berry Hartsfield Sr. (March 1, 1890 – February 22, 1971), was an American politician who served as the 49th and 51st Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia.
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See also
1950 in Georgia (U.S. state)
- 1950 Atlanta transit strike
- 1950 Georgia gubernatorial election
1950 labor disputes and strikes
- 1950 Atlanta transit strike
- 1950 Austrian general strikes
- 1950 Nairobi general strike
1950s strikes in the United States
- 1950 Atlanta transit strike
- 1952 steel strike
- 1953 Milwaukee brewery strike
- Empire Zinc strike
- Steel strike of 1959
Georgia Power
- 1950 Atlanta transit strike
- Atlanta Constitution Building
- Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Power Plant
- Georgia Power
- Hal B. Wansley Power Plant
- Harllee Branch Power Plant
- Plant Bowen
- Plant Scherer
- Solar Total Energy Project
- Vogtle Electric Generating Plant
Labor dispute stubs
- 1904 Italian general strike
- 1912 United Kingdom national coal strike
- 1915 Glasgow rent strikes
- 1917 Bloomington Streetcar Strike
- 1922 Italian general strike
- 1923 United Kingdom dock strike
- 1935 Vermont marble strike
- 1943 Akron rubber strike
- 1950 Atlanta transit strike
- 1969–1970 General Electric strike
- 1971 United Kingdom postal workers strike
- 1972 Major League Baseball strike
- 1973 Uruguayan general strike
- 1974 railway strike in India
- 1976 CASAW wildcat strike
- 1980 Major League Baseball strike
- 1981 Writers Guild of America strike
- 1983 AT&T strike
- 1988 CSN strike
- 1988 Spanish general strike
- 1996 Ukrainian miner protests
- 2006 South Korean railroad strike
- 2007 South Africa miners' strike
- 2007 South African public servants' strike
- 2007 Swazi general strike
- 2008 Skorpion Zinc strike
- 2009 Leeds refuse workers' strike
- 2010 Spanish general strike
- 2011 Shanghai Truckers strike
- 2016 Indian general strike
- 2018 Canada Post strikes
- 2018 Marriott Hotels strike
- 2019 Catalan general strike
- 2019 Indian general strike
- 2020 Ukrainian miner protests
- 2022 Sierra Leone doctors strike
- 2024 Samsung Electronics strike
- April 1992 Nepalese general strike
- Great Strike of February 7
- Istanbul metalworkers' strike of 2008–2009
- Jurisdictional strike
- List of health and medical strikes
- Nine Hours Strike
- Preston strike of 1853–1854
- Railroad strikes of 1903 in the Netherlands
- Sex/Work Strike
- United Fruit Company strike (1913)
- Work rule
Labor disputes in Georgia (U.S. state)
- 1881 Atlanta washerwomen strike
- 1909 Georgia Railroad strike
- 1914–1915 Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills strike
- 1916 Atlanta streetcar strike
- 1950 Atlanta transit strike
- 1964–1965 Scripto strike
- 1977 Atlanta sanitation strike
- 2010 Georgia prison strike
- 2016 U.S. prison strike
- 2018 Atlanta sanitation strike
- 2018 DeKalb County School District bus drivers' strike
- 2019 AT&T strike
- 2021 John Deere strike
- 2021 Nabisco strike
- United States textile workers' strike of 1934
Streetcar strikes in the United States
- 1907 San Francisco streetcar strike
- 1910 Columbus streetcar strike
- 1916 Atlanta streetcar strike
- 1916 Portland, Maine streetcar strike
- 1916–1917 Springfield streetcar strike
- 1917 Twin Cities streetcar strike
- 1929 New Orleans streetcar strike
- 1950 Atlanta transit strike
- Denver streetcar strike of 1920
- Indianapolis streetcar strike of 1913
- Los Angeles streetcar strike of 1919
- Pacific Electric Railway strike of 1903
- Pensacola streetcar strike of 1908
- Philadelphia general strike (1910)
- St. Louis streetcar strike of 1900
- Streetcar strikes in the United States
Transportation labor disputes in the United States
- 1905 Chicago teamsters' strike
- 1936 Akron rubber strike
- 1936 Gulf Coast maritime workers' strike
- 1936 Pacific Coast maritime workers' strike
- 1938 New York City truckers strike
- 1943 Akron rubber strike
- 1950 Atlanta transit strike
- 1966 New York City transit strike
- 1980 New York City transit strike
- 1983 Greyhound Bus Lines strike in Seattle
- 1985 Pan Am strike
- 2005 New York City transit strike
- 2018 DeKalb County School District bus drivers' strike
- 2019 Lyft and Uber drivers' strikes
- Century Airlines pilots' strike
- Illinois Central shopmen's strike of 1911
- Northern Virginia airport workers' strikes
- Philadelphia transit strike of 1944
- Pullman Strike
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950_Atlanta_transit_strike
Also known as Atlanta transit strike of 1950.