Black plaque № 41657

Boston, MA, United States

Boston Police Strike Sept 9th, 1919. On this site at Dover and Fay Sts. was the original location of the Boston Social Club, which was chartered by the American Federation of Labor on August 15th, 1919, as local 16,807 to represent Boston Police Patrolmen. On August 26th, Union President John F. McI

nnes and 18 of his newly-elected union representatives were suspended by the police commissioner for forming a union in violation of Department rules. On Sept. 9th, 1919, at 5:45 pm, 1,117 Boston Poli

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