Editing Mesabi Range (section)

==Labor strikes==
[[Image:Miners at Mesabi Range.jpg|thumb|Miners at work on the Mesabi Range 1903.]]

Several large-scale strikes took place on the Mesabi Iron Range during the early 1900s. The first began on July 20, 1907 after the [[Western Federation of Miners]] (WFM) asked [[Oliver Iron Mining Company]] for, among other demands, an eight-hour work day and a pay raise. The strike lasted two months and resulted in thousands of workers being blacklisted.<ref>{{cite book|title=Struggle a Hard Battle|url=https://archive.org/details/strugglehardbatt00hoer|url-access=registration|date=1986|publisher=Northern Illinois University Press|location=DeKalb, IL|pages=[https://archive.org/details/strugglehardbatt00hoer/page/210 210–211]|author=Michael G. Karni|author-link=Finnish Immigrant Leftists in America: The Golden Years, 1900–1918|editor=Dirk Hoerder}}</ref>

On June 25, 1916, a miner left his shift after being paid less than the contracted rate. His action led to the Mesabi range strike of 1916. The [[Industrial Workers of the World]] quickly supported the strike for better pay and shorter hours. In September 1916, the workers voted to resume work, assuming a failed strike. However, shortly after returning to work a 10% raise in wages was issued for workers throughout the Range.<ref>{{cite book|title=Struggle a Hard Battle|url=https://archive.org/details/strugglehardbatt00hoer|url-access=registration|date=1986|publisher=Northern Illinois University Press|location=DeKalb, IL|pages=[https://archive.org/details/strugglehardbatt00hoer/page/218 218–219]|author=Michael G. Karni|author-link=Finnish Immigrant Leftists in America: The Golden Years, 1900–1918|editor=Dirk Hoerder}}</ref>