labor movement

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labor movement

The Pullman strike of 1894

American labor comes of age
  • Laughlin, Rosemary
2000
Discusses the labor strike against the Pullman Palace Car Company in Pullman, Illinois in 1894, and the federal government's use of force to keep the railroads operating and to crush the striking workers.

Trouble at the mines

  • Rappaport, Doreen
1987
Rosie and her family are caught up in the Arnot, Pennsylvania, mining strike of 1899-1900, led by the union organizer Mother Jones.

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