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Eugene Debs and Alternative Forms of Unionism 1901-1924

Eugene Debs and Alternative Forms of Unionism 1901-1924. Eugene Debs. Born 1855 (5 yrs younger Gompers) Brother hood of Locomotive Firemen American Railway Union 1892 = industrial union Pullman Strike 1894 Jailed for “Conspiracy” Socialist Party 1901. Labor’s Heritage, vol. 2 No. 4.

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Eugene Debs and Alternative Forms of Unionism 1901-1924

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  1. Eugene Debs and Alternative Forms of Unionism 1901-1924

  2. Eugene Debs • Born 1855(5 yrs younger Gompers) • Brother hood ofLocomotive Firemen • American Railway Union 1892 = industrial union • Pullman Strike 1894 • Jailed for “Conspiracy” • Socialist Party 1901 Labor’s Heritage, vol. 2 No. 4

  3. The “Red Special” Labor’s Heritage, vol. 2 No. 4 The Red Special presidential campaign train, Nov. 2, 1908. Both Debs and “Big Bill” Haywood are in center of photograph.

  4. Patterson Strike • Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)(not International Workers of World) • Patterson, NJ, Silk City • John Reed & “Parlor Socialists • Large Immigrant workforce • Management vs. IWW vs. Textile Workers AFL vs. Immigrant Workforce

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