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The Pullman Strike was two interrelated strikes in 1894 that shaped national labor policy in the United States during a period of deep economic depression. First came a strike by the American Railway Union (ARU) against the Pullman factory in Chicago in spring 1894.
- May 11, 1894 – July 20, 1894
- Union recognition, Wage increase, Rent reduction
20 de jul. de 1998 · The Pullman Strike (May–July 1894) was a widespread railroad strike and boycott that disrupted rail traffic in the U.S. Midwest in June–July 1894. Responding to layoffs, wage cuts, and firings, workers at Pullman Palace Car Company in Chicago went on strike, and, eventually, some 125,000–250,000 railroad workers in 27 states ...
List of major causes and effects of the 1894 Pullman Strike. A severe economic depression had led the Pullman Palace Car Company to cut workers’ jobs and wages. It did not, however, make any cuts in the rents it charged workers for housing in the company town near Chicago, and a historic strike ensued.
Collection of important facts concerning the Pullman Strike, a widespread railroad strike and boycott that severely disrupted rail traffic in the Midwestern United States in May–July 1894.The federal government’s response to the unrest marked the first time that an injunction was used to break a strike.
11 de jun. de 2018 · The Pullman strike —also known as the Chicago strike, Pullman boycott, Debs Revolution, or the American Railway Union strike—was the most dramatic U.S. labor challenge to the power of capital in the 1890s. A local strike that expanded into a national boycott and strike, it grew to include outright class warfare.
12 de ago. de 2019 · Robert McNamara. Updated on August 12, 2019. The Pullman Strike of 1894 was a milestone in American labor history, as the widespread strike by railroad workers brought business to a standstill across large parts of the nation until the federal government took unprecedented action to end the strike.
Introduction. In the late spring of 1894, over four thousand workers at the Pullman Palace Car Company went out on strike. The company seemed an unlikely place for a strike, as its workers inhabited the well-appointed company town of Pullman, located near Chicago, Illinois.
