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2. 1914 Butte, Montana, labor riots - Wikipedia

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   The union played one side off the other to win 8-hour work days and higher wages. But when Heinze sold his Butte holdings to Amalgamated Copper in 1906, the district became dominated by a single company, Amalgamated Copper, and the union lost its former advantage. [1] In 1907, the Butte Miners' Union had decided to increase wages to $4.00 per ...

3. Cooper Union - Wikipedia

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   The Cooper Union acts as a symbol of Progressivism in the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel His Family (1917) by Ernest Poole, as well as in the novel From Immigrant to Inventor (1924) by Michael Pupin. Cooper Union is the meeting place of two main characters in The Gilded Hour (2015), a historical novel by Sara Donati. The characters meet at ...

4. Anaconda Road massacre - Wikipedia

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   On April 19, 1920, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and the Metal Mine Workers Industrial Union called for a strike in the mines around Butte. They hoped the strike would help secure higher wages, an eight-hour day, and end the use of the rustling card, a system that allowed employers to blacklist employees involved in union organizing, among other goals. [1]

5. Peter Cooper - Wikipedia

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   Peter Cooper (February 12, 1791 – April 4, 1883) was an American industrialist, inventor, philanthropist, and politician.He designed and built the first American steam locomotive, the Tom Thumb, founded the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, served as its first president, and stood for election as the Greenback Party's candidate in the 1876 presidential election.

6. Northern Rhodesian African Mineworkers' Union - Wikipedia

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   In 1947 the existing union representing European miners, the Northern Rhodesia Mine Workers' Union (NRMU), suggested that the African workers join, but this was rejected by the African miners. [4] In 1947 and 1948 unions were formed at all four major copper mines in Northern Rhodesia, and these merged to form the African Mineworkers' Union in ...

7. Copper Country strike of 1913–1914 - Wikipedia

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   The Copper Country strike of 1913–1914 was a major strike affecting all copper mines in ... [4] The union and many local citizens donated gifts for the children and ...