1. Labor Militancy
By Rachel Russo

2. The Great Labor Strike of 1877
Economy collapsed
Wages became as low as $1 per day
July wages became too low and workers refused to let trains move
Officials wouldn’t make a deal, or talk to workers
Strikes spread across the country
Did what they could to end it

3. Great Labor Strike Cartoon

4. Haymarket A bomb exploded during a communist worker’s meeting
Eventually, riots broke out and fed into the belief that radicals led American workers astray and that labor unions were a threat to law and order.

5. Haymarket Cartoons

6. Homestead Strike at Carnegie Steel Co.
The militia took over when workers fired on barges.
It took a long time for a steel workers union to form again

7. Homestead Cartoon

8. Pullman Pullman Palace Car Co. town
Pullman controlled every aspect of the worker’s lives
In 1893, wages were cut, but taxes, rents, etc. stayed the same.
Strike broke out
He fired negotiators, and RR companies didn’t use the cars until the dispute was resolved

9. Pullman Cartoon