Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Finlandia Katsaus 111


Finlandia Katsaus 111 (FI 1949). "The Bloody Thursday" on 18 August, 1949, is one of the topics. After the government announced 30% wage cuts for Kemi Oy's lumber workers, they, together with lumberjacks, sawmill employees and dockers of the Port of Kemi, went on strike. The police was summoned. In the battle between the strikers and the police, two strikers died. My screenshot from Elonet.

Finlandia Journal 111. FI 1949. 1'. Betacam, alas. Viewed at Orion, Helsinki, 25 May 2005. The "Bloody Thursday" of Kemi between the strikers and the police led to the death of two workers.

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