knights of labor railroad strike (mar 1, 1886 – may 4, 1886)
Description:
the strike started because a rail worker was fired for attending a union meeting and broke the agreement of a worker shall not be fired without due notice and investigation. over the next 2 months, the strike involved over 200,000 rail workers. the strike was throughout 5 statesAdded to timeline:
Date:
mar 1, 1886
may 4, 1886
~ 2 months and 4 days