Baltimore Municipal Workers Strike

Date: June 30, 1974 • Location: Baltimore, United States

Municipal workers in Baltimore, Maryland, went on strike seeking higher wages and better conditions.

Baltimore, also known as Baltimore City and Charm City is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is the 30th-most-populous U.S. city, with a population of 585,708 at the 2020 census and estimated at 569,997 in 2025; the Baltimore metropolitan area, at 2.86 million residents, is the 22nd-largest metropolitan area in the nation. The city is also part of the Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area, which had a population of 9.97 million in 2020. Baltimore was designated as an independent city by the Constitution of Maryland in 1851. Though not located under the jurisdiction of any county in the state, it forms part of the Central Maryland region together with the surrounding county that shares its name.