11 maio 1894 ano - Pullman Strike
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The Pullman Strike of 1894 was a nationwide railroad strike that began at the Pullman Company in Chicago, due to drastic wage cuts and high rents in company-owned housing, amidst the economic depression of 1893. The strike escalated when Eugene V. Debs’ American Railway Union joined in solidarity, leading to a violent clash with federal troops sent to break the strike, highlighting the growing conflicts between labor and management in the industrial age.
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