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The American Railway Union escalated the Pullman strike beginning with the blockade of the Grand Crossing in Chicago during the night of June 26, 1894. Many of the Pullman factory workers joined the American Railway Union (ARU), led by Eugene V. Debs , which supported their strike by launching a boycott in which ARU members refused to run ...
Pullman Strike; Bituminous coal miners' strike of 1894; Great Northern Railway strike; Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894; 1895 407,188 1896 248,838 Leadville miners' strike; 1897 416,154 Lattimer massacre; 1898 263,219 1899 431,889 Weight Strike [7] Coeur d'Alene labor confrontation; Newsboys' strike; 1900 567,719 1900 Anthracite coal strike
Once a household name due to their large market share, the Pullman Company is also known for the bitter Pullman Strike staged by their workers and union leaders in 1894. During an economic downturn, Pullman reduced hours and wages but not rents, precipitating the strike. Workers joined the American Railway Union, led by Eugene V. Debs.
Much of that unrest was concentrated around railroad work, most notably, the Pullman Strike of 1894. ... to the more comprehensive Railway Labor Act of 1926, but not before the Supreme Court ...
Railway employees began to refuse to handle trains pulling Pullman cars. [16] The ARU established temporary strike headquarters in Chicago to keep more closely abreast of the situation. [16] Chicago became a constant mass of meetings as workers of the various railway crafts gathered to discuss the strike situation. [16]
Pullman strikers outside Arcade Building in Pullman, Chicago. The Illinois National Guard can be seen guarding the building during the Pullman Railroad Strike in 1894. 11 May – 10 July 1894 (United States) Pullman Strike: A nation-wide strike against the Pullman Company begins with a wildcat walkout [20] on 11 May after wages are drastically ...
Federal troops end the railroad blockades by the American Railway Union, 1894 – During the Pullman Strike, the American Railway Union (ARU), out of union solidarity, called out its members according to the principle of industrial unionism. Their actions in blocking the movement of railroad trains were illegal but successful, until twenty ...
Agitated workers face the factory owner in The Strike, painted by Robert Koehler in 1886. The following is a list of specific strikes (workers refusing to work, seeking to change their conditions in a particular industry or an individual workplace, or striking in solidarity with those in another particular workplace) and general strikes (widespread refusal of workers to work in an organized ...