Showed workers that organized labor was powerful.
That would be the Great Railway Strike of 1877 it was started by the railway workers getting angry over the wage cut in their pay. It began July 14 in Martinsburg, West Virginia, of the United States and ended some 45 days later after it was put down by local and state militia's, and federal troops.
Other workers went on strike in support.
That they had some power
The Great Railroad Strike of 1887 began on July 14 in Martinsburg, West Virginia. The strike was in response to the cutting of wages for the third time in a year by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
Showed workers that organized labor was powerful.
Showed workers that organized labor was powerful.
Showed workers that organized labor was powerful.
That would be the Great Railway Strike of 1877 it was started by the railway workers getting angry over the wage cut in their pay. It began July 14 in Martinsburg, West Virginia, of the United States and ended some 45 days later after it was put down by local and state militia's, and federal troops.
other workers went on strike in support
Other workers went on strike in support.
That they had some power
over 300 railroad workers
The unions active in the strike were inspired by the ideas of Karl Marx.
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 was about the reduction of wages for workers of the B&O railroad. As a result the wage cut was reversed.
Workers of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
cutting wages of workers for the third time in a year.
showed workers that organized labor was powerful