times from 1900-1920, winning 1-6% of the popular vote Major Events in Labor History Event Key People Causes & Gov’t Outcome (Year) & Orgs. Response & Significance Events Great Workingmen’s Panic of 1873; RR company Party; Railroad paid dividends Rutherford Strike to investors Hayes while slashing (1877) workers’ pay; workers struck and rioted Haymarket Knights of Workers at McCormick Labor; Affair Reaper factory anarchists; J.P. (1886) struck and held Altgeld protests against police brutality Homestead Andrew Carnegie Steel locked out Carnegie; Strike workers to force Henry Clay (1892) them to accept a Frick; paycut; Amalgamated Pinkertons and Association of scabs were hired to crush strikers Iron and Steel Workers (AA) Pullman Eugene V. Pullman, IL was a Debs; “company Strike town”; wages American (1894) were slashed Railway while rents Union (ARU) stayed the same; workers struck Coxey’s Jacob Coxey Panic of 1893 Army (1894) Anthracite United Mine UMWA struck, demanding Workers Coal Strike higher (UMWA); (1902) shorter hours Teddy and official Roosevelt recognition of their union Triangle ILGWU; Doors were locked to keep Florence Shirtwaist workers from Kelley Fire taking breaks;
times from 1900-1920, winning 1-6% of the popular vote Major Events in Labor History Event (Year) Key People & Orgs. Causes & Events Gov’t Response Outcome & Significance Great Railroad Strike (1877) Workingmen’s Party; Rutherford Hayes Panic of 1873; RR company paid dividends to investors while slashing workers’ pay; workers struck and rioted Haymarket Affair (1886) Knights of Labor; anarchists; J.P. Altgeld Workers at McCormick Reaper factory struck and held protests against police brutality Homestead Strike (1892) Andrew Carnegie; Henry Clay Frick; Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers (AA) Carnegie Steel locked out workers to force them to accept a paycut; Pinkertons and scabs were hired to crush strikers Pullman Strike (1894) Eugene V. Debs; American Railway Union (ARU) Pullman, IL was a “company town”; wages were slashed while rents stayed the same; workers struck Coxey’s Army (1894) Jacob Coxey Panic of 1893 Anthracite Coal Strike (1902) United Mine Workers (UMWA); Teddy Roosevelt UMWA struck, demanding higher shorter hours and official recognition of their union Triangle Shirtwaist Fire ILGWU; Florence Kelley Doors were locked to keep workers from taking breaks;
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