Reforms were not the matter. The matter was the revolution.
labor unions were workers on strike during the progressive era demanding better working conditions & shorter working hours.
Unions.
The 'Assembly of the Russian Factory and Mill Workers of the City of St. Petersburg' were asking for better working conditions.
Workers marched on Czar Nicholas II in January 1905. The day is now referred to as "Bloody Sunday" because the police killed so many people. Here is where I got my info: http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+last+Czar+Nicholas+II:+the+heir+of+Russia's+once+powerful+Romanov...-a0130281342
The October Manifesto was issued by Tsar Nicholas II of Russia in 1905 in response to the 1905 Revolution. It was caused by a series of strikes, protests, and uprisings by workers, peasants, and other groups who were demanding political reforms, improved living conditions, and an end to autocracy. The manifesto promised civil liberties, a legislative assembly (the Duma), and other political reforms in an attempt to pacify the unrest.
St. Petersburg Workers' Organisation was created in 1900.
St Petersburg
labor unions were workers on strike during the progressive era demanding better working conditions & shorter working hours.
St Petersburg
Organized a strike
Unions.
Unions.
the pits
fat dic
The fire at the Triangle Waist Company which killed 146 workers resulted in a number of safety reforms.
Coxey's Army
Caused workers throughout Russia to call strikes.