The Pullman Strike (may 11, 1894 – jul 20, 1894)

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It began as a walk-out for railroad workers and escalated into a strike. The Pullman Palace Car Company had cut the pay for workers by 25% there was a fallout from the economic recession between September 1893 and May 1894. They didn't even reduce living expenses in the company town near Chicago. The workers complained about the problem as there could be starvation added to their already poor living conditions. George M. Pullman fired them. Hundreds of thousands of workers went on strike in mid-summer and the federal court-issued injunction with military was needed to suppress this strike. This strike helped unions gain national support and led to legal protection for unions. The Pullman company had been losing money even if they replaced the strikers with new workers.

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