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The Boston Police Strike in 1919 was justified.
Title: The Boston Police Strike in 1919 was justified.
Category: History / North American History
Details: Words: 462 | Pages: 2.0 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Boston Police Strike in 1919 was justified.
In my opinion the Boston Police Force's decision to go on strike was justified. The policemen were not being unreasonable with their demands. Before the strike Boston police had inadequate salaries, long hours and decrepit working conditions. To say that the police were obligated to do their job is not a valid reason to blame them. If the city of Boston were really that concerned with the welfare of Boston they would have agreed with …showed first 75 words of 462 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 462 total…every day not feeling as if you're being overworked and that nobody cares about you. Police deserve fair wages, reasonable hours and clean working conditions as much as anyone else. While their job may have been more important than that of other works in the US, that just means that Coolidge should have tried more to bargain with the police, not ignore them. In my opinion Coolidge is to blame for the police Strike of 1919.
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