CHOCOLATE WORKERS' SIT-DOWN STRIKE

From IG post
CHOCOLATE WORKERS'
SIT-DOWN STRIKE
Hershey's Chocolate Workers Local 1 (CIO)
responded to a labor-management impasse
on April 2, 1937 by initiating the first
sit-down strike in Pennsylvania and in
the confectionery industry. The strike
was ended by strike-breaking violence and
government mediation. The union lost two
subsequent representative elections. In
1939 workers affiliated with the Bakery &
Confectionery Workers Local 464 (AFL).