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Since unions are organized to achieve collective bargaining power to begin with, most union conflicts have been motivated primarily by economic issues (wages, working hours, safety conditions, work rules, etc.), [7] and have engaged antagonists (employers, hired strikebreakers, replacement workers, local law enforcement) with economic goals in mind.
Striking Pennsylvania mine workers began their protest march near Harwood. Many would soon be killed by the Luzerne County sheriff. Some anti-union violence appears to be random, such as an incident during the 1912 textile strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts, in which a police officer fired into a crowd of strikers, killing Anna LoPizzo. [13]
Overall, US employers spend more than $400 million per year on union-avoidance consultants to help them prevent employees from forming unions. [61] As of July 2024, by state law, workers are allowed to voluntarily leave anti-union meetings without employer retaliation in Illinois, Washington State, Oregon, Minnesota, Maine, Connecticut, and New ...
Pennsylvania state historical marker for the events in Scranton On August 1, 1877, in Scranton in northeast Pennsylvania, one day after railroad workers commenced a strike, a city posse of 51 men armed with new rifles and under the command of William Walker Scranton , general manager of the Lackawanna Iron & Coal Company , [ 20 ] returned fire ...
During the 2021–22 election cycle, an obstinately pro-government union majority took over Michigan’s state government after the four largest public employee unions spent $2.6 million to elect ...
Burning of Pennsylvania Railroad and Union Depot, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 21–22 July 1877. In Reading, Pennsylvania, workers conducted mass marches, blocked rail traffic, committed trainyard arson, and burned a bridge. The state militia shot sixteen citizens in the Reading Railroad Massacre. The militia responsible for the shootings was ...
American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Union founded. [40] 1937 (United States) Hershey, Pennsylvania, Chocolate Workers' Strike founded. [40] 1937 (United States) Little Steel Strike occurred. [40] Sit-down strikers guarding window entrance to Fisher body plant number three. Photo by Sheldon Dick, 1937. 11 February 1937 ...
Burning of Pennsylvania Railroad and Union Depot, from Harper's Weekly. A group of Philadelphia Guard soldiers, finding themselves enveloped by the mob, retreated and took refuge in the roundhouse at the train depot. [18] By 10:00 pm, several thousand strikers surrounded the building. For a time, the mob avoided the position for fear of the ...