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What was based on the labor problems in homestead?

Homesteaders didn't have "labor problems " the homestead was a family farm.


Where and why did the Homestead Strike in 1892 take place?

The Homestead Strike was when, in 1892, Andrew Carnegie reduced wages at his steel mills in Homestead, Pennsylvania and the union workers refused to accept the cut. The company locked out the union workers and hired nonunion labor and 300 armed guards. The locked out workers gathered weapons and , on July 6, a battle broke out killing ten people. After that, the state militia began to escort the nonunion workers to the mills and after four months, the strike collapsed, breaking


Why was the homestead of 1892 bad for labor unions?

That's what caused the strike.


Did Pennsylvania rely on slave labor?

Yes, Pennsylvania did rely on slave labor during the colonial period and into the early years of the United States. However, the practice was gradually abolished beginning in the late 18th century, culminating in a state law in 1780 that began the process of gradual abolition. By the early 19th century, slavery had largely disappeared in Pennsylvania.


What are Pennsylvania's child labor laws?

Child Labor is very complicated. Therefore the same rules do not apply in pennsylvania.


Why was the homestead strike of 1892 bad for the labor unions?

That's what caused the strike.


In the homestead strike of 1892 the pinkerton were brought in on the side of labor?

No. The Pinkertons engaged in combat against labor (the strikers) They were on the side of management.


How did opinion of labor issues change in response to the violence of the homestead strike?

Public opinion turned against all labor unions


What company was affected by the homestead strike?

This was a battle to unionize steel workers of Carnegie Steel Company in Pennsylvania. The Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers (AA) was an American labor union formed in 1876. It was a craft union representing skilled iron and steel workers. Carnegie was publicly in favor of the Unions but only publicly. He and his manager Henry Frick were bound to break the union. The Homestead was a setback to the union. The Pennsylvania State Militia was brought in to stop the uprising.


Labor groups in the US supported the Homestead Act of 1862 because this act?

encouraged surplus labor in the Eastern states to move west


How did the publics opinion of labor issues change in response to the violence of the homestead strike?

Public opinion turned against all labor unions


How did public opinion of labor issues change the response to the violence of the homestead strike?

Public opinion turned against all labor unions