wildcat strike

Examples of wildcat strike in the following topics:

• The Pullman Strike

  • The Pullman Strike began in 1894 when nearly 4,000 employees of the Pullman Palace Car Company began a strike in response to wage cuts.
  • The conflict began in the town of Pullman, Illinois, on May 11 when nearly 4,000 employees of the Pullman Palace Car Company began a wildcat strike in response to recent reductions in wages, bringing traffic west of Chicago to a halt.
  • The strike effectively shut down production in the Pullman factories and led to a lockout.
  • Paul Railway, appointed as a special federal attorney responsible for dealing with the strike.
  • During the course of the strike, 13 strikers were killed and 57 were wounded.

• Depression Politics

  • In the spring, a major coal strike damaged the economy of the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic.
  • Immediately after the coal strike concluded, Eugene V.
  • Debs led a nationwide railroad strike, called the Pullman Strike.
  • The conflict began in the town of Pullman, Illinois, on May 11 when nearly 4,000 employees of the Pullman Palace Car Company began a wildcat strike in response to recent reductions in wages, bringing traffic west of Chicago to a halt.
  • During the course of the strike, 13 strikers were killed and 57 were wounded.

• The Decline of Labor

  • In 1919, more than 4 million workers (or 21 percent of the labor force) participated in about 3,600 strikes.
  • In contrast, 1929 witnessed about 289,000 workers (or 1.2 percent of the labor force) stage only 900 strikes.
  • In this decade, corporations used twice as many court injunctions against strikes than any comparable period.
  • This heavily influenced the American Federation of Labor, which expounded upon anti-Filipino sentiment in equating Filipinos with the increase of "ethnic" labor, associated with declining field wages and increasing strikes.
  • There were sporadic wildcat strikes from 1924 to 1927 and when wages dropped enormously due to the Depression in 1929, Filipino union activism noticeably increased.

• The Railroad Strikes

  • Hayes sent in federal troops to end the strikes.
  • This strike was the first general strike in the United States.
  • These troops suppressed strike after strike, until at last, approximately 45 days after it had started, the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 was over.
  • The conflict began in the town of Pullman, Illinois, on May 11, when nearly 4,000 employees of the Pullman Palace Car Company began a wildcat strike in response to recent reductions in wages, bringing traffic west of Chicago to a halt.
  • The strike was broken up by U.S. marshals and 12,000 U.S.

• The New Immigrants on Strike

  • Two important labor strikes led by immigrant groups were the New York shirtwaist strike of 1909 and the Lawrence Textile Strike of 1912.
  • The New York shirtwaist strike of 1909 (also known as the "Uprising of the 20,000") was a labor strike primarily involving Jewish women working in New York shirtwaist factories.
  • The successful strike marked an important milestone for the American labor movement.
  • The Lawrence Textile Strike (also referred to as "Bread and Roses") was a strike of immigrant workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1912 led by the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).
  • Identify key strikes that advanced the cause of labor in twentieth-century America

• The Great Steel Strike

  • The strike began in September 1919, and collapsed in January 1920.
  • In 1892, the AA had lost a bitter strike, called the Homestead Strike, which had culminated with a gun battle that left 12 dead and dozens wounded.
  • The National Committee debated the strike issue, and agreed to begin a general steelworker strike in September 1919 .
  • Public opinion quickly turned against the striking workers .
  • Mass meetings were prohibited in most strike-stricken areas.

• The Coal Strike of 1902

  • The Coal Strike of 1902 was a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coal fields of eastern Pennsylvania .
  • Striking miners demanded higher wages, shorter workdays, and union recognition.
  • The strike threatened to shut down the winter fuel supply to all major cities.
  • Roosevelt attempted to persuade the union to end the strike with a promise that he would create a commission to study the causes of the strike and propose a solution.
  • The anthracite strike ended, after 163 days, on October 23, 1902.

• Labor and Domestic Tensions

  • An especially violent strike came during the economic depression of the 1870s, as the Great Railroad Strike of 1877, lasted 45 days and resulted in damages to railroad property.
  • The strike collapsed when President Rutherford B.
  • The most dramatic major strike was the 1894 Pullman Strike which was coordinated effort to shut down the national railroad system.
  • The strike was led by the upstart American Railway Union led by Eugene V.
  • The ARU vanished, and the traditional railroad brotherhoods survived but avoided strikes.

• The Gastonia Strike of 1929

  • The Loray Mill Strike of 1929 in Gastonia, North Carolina was one of the most notable strikes in the labor history of the United States.
  • The strike escalated throughout the month.
  • The strike collapsed shortly after Wiggins' murder.
  • In the end, the strike was not a success; during the same time period there was a series of other textile strikes throughout the South.
  • Discuss the factors that led to the Gastonia Strike of 1929 and its consequenses

• Workers Organize

  • The first of these was the Great Railroad Strike in 1877, when rail workers across the nation went on strike in response to a 10-percent pay cut by owners.
  • Attempts to break the strike led to bloody uprisings in several cities.
  • The strike collapsed, as did the ARU.
  • Openly calling for class warfare , the Wobblies gained many adherents after they won a difficult 1912 textile strike (commonly known as the " Bread and Roses " strike) in Lawrence , Massachusetts .
  • The Lawrence textile strike was a strike of immigrant workers.