// todo need optimize like in event.jsp. Add indexing or not indexing this page. Homestead Strike (jun 30, 1892 – jul 6, 1892) (Timeline)

Homestead Strike (jun 30, 1892 – jul 6, 1892)

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Put Carnegie Steel company against one of the strongest trade unions. Andrew Carnegie wanted to break the unions contract ahead of time with them, by forcing them out of work. In the end it gained a contract for the workers with lower wages and more hours and defeated the union.