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The Great Southwest railroad strike of 1886 was a labor union strike involving more than 200,000 workers. Beginning on March 1, 1886, railroad workers in five states struck against the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroads, owned by Jay Gould. At least ten people were killed.
1967 US Railroad strike: 1967 nationwide 440,000 [1] 1971 Telephone strike: 1971 nationwide 400,000 [6] 1970 General Motors Strike: 1970 nationwide 400,000 Textile workers' strike (1934) 1934 New England, Mid-Atlantic region and U.S. southern states: 400,000 Great Railroad Strike of 1922: 1922 nationwide 400,000 [7] 1955 Steel strike: 1955 ...
Great Southwest railroad strike of 1886; Bay View massacre; Haymarket affair; 1887 439,306 Thibodaux massacre (Sugar cane workers' strike) 1888 162,880 1889 260,290
The Great Southwest railroad strike of 1886 was a Knights strike involving more than 200,000 workers. Beginning on March 1, 1886, railroad workers in five states struck against the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroads, owned by Jay Gould. At least ten people were killed.
March 1886 (United States) The Great Southwest Railroad Strike of 1886 was a labor union strike against the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroads involving more than 200,000 workers. [20] 1 May 1886 (United States) Workers protested in the streets to demand the universal adoption of the eight-hour day.
In March 1886, the Knights of Labor struck the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroads. The Great Southwest Railroad Strike of 1886 idled 200,000 rail workers. But by the beginning of the summer of 1886, the strike was beginning to collapse—and it was taking the Knights with it. FOTLU was also in crisis.
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March–September – Great Southwest Railroad Strike, a labor union strike against the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroads involving more than 200,000 workers. [ 4 ] March 30 – Executives from several railroad companies operating in the southern United States meet and agree to all regauge their railroads to standard gauge , 1,435 mm ...