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Labor Strikes Change the Labor Movement

Labor Strikes Change the Labor Movement. Jake Shropshire and Jon Rostas. Where it Began. Working conditions caused labor unions to emerge Unions gradually became more active. Unions Unite. AFL Strikes. The Great Strike of 1877. Pay Cut Martinsburg First Serious Strike.

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Labor Strikes Change the Labor Movement

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  1. Labor Strikes Change the Labor Movement Jake Shropshire and Jon Rostas

  2. Where it Began • Working conditions caused labor unions to emerge • Unions gradually became more active

  3. Unions Unite • AFL • Strikes

  4. The Great Strike of 1877 • Pay Cut • Martinsburg • First Serious Strike

  5. Haymarket Riot - 1886 • Large Participation • McCormick Reaper • Bomb

  6. Homestead Strike - July 1892 • Revolted at plan • Troopers were sent to plant • Guards were killed

  7. Pullman Strike -1894 • Started in Pullman Palace Car Co. • The panic of 1893 • Troops were deployed

  8. Primary Source • Pg 509-514 • George Pullman’s Palace Car Company and ”model” community near Chicago were severely affected by the depression following the Panic of 1893. In response to the decreasing demand for railroad cars, the Pullman Company reduced its work force, shortened the workweek, and decreased wages by 25 percent but refused to lower rents in the company-owned community of Pullman.

  9. Sources http://faculty.weber.edu/kmackay/notable_labor_strikes_of_the_gil.htm http://dig.lib.niu.edu/gildedage/narr4.html U.S History Textbook pages 450-455 Primary Source:Pullman, George. "The Annals of Americca." The Pullman Stike and Boycott. Britannica, 1894. Web. 1 Jan.

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