The Struggle of Organized Labor: Strikebreaking in the1890s: Homestead Strike; Pullman Strike, Eugene V. Debs, In re Debs (30 giug 1892 anni – 30 lugl 1894 anni)

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The Homestead Strike was the result of Carnegie’s steel company cutting wages by 20%. Henry Frick, the manager of the Homestead Steel plant, used weapons and private guards to break up the strike and strikebreakers to cease the walkout after five months. The Pullman strike started when George Pullman cut the general wages and fired the workers who came to bargain with him. Pullman’s workers laid down their tools, stopping work on the railroads. They appealed for help from the American railroad union. The leader the union, Eugene V. Debs, directed the workers to not handle any trains with Pullman cars. The federal court then issued an injunction they are prohibited any interference with the operation of the Mail which ordered railroad workers to continue working. by disobeying the injunction, Debs other union leaders were arrested, ending the strike. The Supreme Court case of In re Debs supported the use of injunctions against strikes, giving employers to means to end any strike. About 3% of American workers belong to unions by 1900. despite the government favoring management in labor disputes, many people recognized the need for a better balance between the demands of employers and employees to avoid the strikes and violence plagued the industrial age.

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