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Union Burying Ground Woody Guthrie . Greg Batista Ashley Alvarenga Jacob Poplaski . It was because of reductions in wages. Approximately 3,000 employees went on strike
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Union Burying GroundWoody Guthrie Greg Batista Ashley Alvarenga Jacob Poplaski
It was because of reductions in wages. Approximately 3,000 employees went on strike The New York Times described as "a struggle between the greatest and most important labor organization and the entire railroad capital" At it's peak it involved some 250,000 workers in 27 states Pullman Strike of 1894
A strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the coal fields of eastern Pennsylvania The strike threatened to shut down the winter fuel supply to all major cities The miners received more pay for fewer hours as the result The first labor episode in which the federal government had to intervene Coal Strike of 1902
Dissatisfied workers in several unions began the strike to gain higher wages after two years of World War I wage controls over 65,000 workers in the city of Seattle, Washington were involved Seattle General Strike of 1919
And the new dirt's falling on the right new coffin, The new dirt's falling on the right new coffin Way over in that Union Burying Ground. It means that every single day there is a death. 2nd Verse
O, tell me who's that they're letting down, down, Tell me who's that they're letting down, down, Way over in that Union Burying Ground. The Union workers don't even know their co-workers are dying because they replace quickly. 3rd Verse
A union brother and a union sister, A union brother and a union sister, Way over in that Union Burying Ground. A union father and a union mother, A union father and a union mother, Way over in that Union Burying Ground. Entire families would be buried in the burying grounds of the companies. 5th and 6th Verse
85,000 people showed up at State Capital to protest the anti-union law protesters gathered outside a convention center where 13 of the 14 Senators who fled the state in order to stall action on the bill made their first public appearance in the capital since ending their self-imposed exile Wisconsin Strike
Terkel’s Quote “ The extraordinary dreams of ordinary people.”
