In the sweltering heat of a Washington D.C. summer, labor tensions boiled over at the Central Heating Plant on 12th and C streets southwest. On September 20, 1933, bricklayers, tired of being snubbed for the caulking job, vowed to walk out unless their demands were met. The dispute, which threatened to plunge the plant into chaos, was the latest in a series of jurisdictional disputes that had left over 1,000 men out of work.
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Key Facts
- State: National
- Category: Public Corruption
- Era: Historical
- Source: Library of Congress — Chronicling America ↗
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