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Article: Pullman Strike
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PULLMAN STRIKE
PULLMAN STRIKE.
The Pullman Strike began on 11 May 1894, when workers at the Pullman Car Works in Chicago laid down their tools and walked off their jobs. Multiple factors precipitated their action. Pullman's preparations for the 1893 World's Columbia Exposition had raised wages and hours to new highs; the collapse of the national economy even as the exposition continued then drove them down to levels inadequate to meet basic needs. A harsh winter exhausted savings and left Pullman families vulnerable and angry. Exacerbating that anger was their complicated relationship with George M. Pullman and the town that bore his name. Almost half of the car works' employees lived ...
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Article: The Pullman Strike and the Crisis of the 1890s: ...
Business History Review;
April 1, 2000 ;
700+ words
...The Pullman Strike and the Crisis of the 1890s: Essays on Labor and Politics. Eds ... 18.95. ISBN 025206755x. Reviewed by Colin J. Davis The 1894 Pullman strike continues to capture the attention of both business and labor historians ...
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