A nationwide strike of shop workers, who mobilized to prevent wage cuts, for better working hours, and to prevent their replacement by non-union workers. Colorado railroad workers also took part. According to Frank Simonetti Sr., who began working in the Grand Junction, Colorado roundhouse in 1922, workers in the shop struck and the D&RG responded with a lockout of workers. Scabs were hired and given a place to sleep so that they would not have to worry about getting past workers who were striking outside the station. Violence did still erupt to some extent. According to Simonetti, George the Greek, a shoe shiner at the station, beat up a fellow Greek American who crossed the picket lines. The strike ended without railroad owners making any concessions to organized labor. According to Simonetti, workers in the shop had a seven-day work week with no sick or vacation time until 1943.
