18 h 5 min, 1 juill. 1892 ans - Homestead Steel Strike
Description:
|WHO:| Henry Clay Frick, manager of Carnegie Steel plant near Pittsburgh, instigated strike by cutting wages 20% |STRATEGY:| Frick used lockout, private guards, and strikebreakers to defeat worker's walkout after 5 months | EFFECT:| failure of strike set back union movt in steel industry until the New Deal in 1930s
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Date:
18 h 5 min, 1 juill. 1892 ans
Maintenaint
~ Il y a 131 ans