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The Pittsburgh railway strike occurred in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as part of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877. It was one of many incidents of strikes, labor unrest and violence in cities across the United States, including several in Pennsylvania. Other cities dealing with similar unrest included Philadelphia, Reading, Shamokin and Scranton.
In Martinsburg, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and other cities, workers burned down and destroyed both physical facilities and the rolling stock of the railroads—engines and railroad cars. Some locals feared that workers were rising in revolution such as the Paris Commune of 1871 , while others joined their efforts against the railroads.
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877, sometimes referred to as the Great Upheaval, began on July 14 in Martinsburg, West Virginia, after the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) cut wages for the third time in a year. The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 was the first strike that spread across multiple states in the U.S.
Railroad Strike of 1877: September 23, 1997: Liberty Avenue at 28th Street (on traffic island), Strip District (Pittsburgh) City Labor, Railroads, Transportation Richard L. "Dick" Thornburgh (1932-2020) September 2, 2023
The rail industry narrowly avoided a crippling labor strike, but the agreement is only temporary. What really happened with the giant railroad strike that wasn’t—and how Warren Buffett was ...
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In Pictures: Country’s biggest day of strike action for a decade. PA. February 1, 2023 at 11:50 AM. In the biggest mass strike in a decade, up to half a million workers were taking action in ...
Some manufacturers and retailers are urging President Joe Biden to invoke a 1947 law as a way to suspend a strike by 45,000 dockworkers that has shut down 36 U.S. ports from Maine to Texas. At ...