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List of major causes and effects of the 1894 Pullman Strike. A severe economic depression had led the Pullman Palace Car Company to cut workers’ jobs and wages. It did not, however, make any cuts in the rents it charged workers for housing in the company town near Chicago, and a historic strike ensued.
The Pullman Strike was two interrelated strikes in 1894 that shaped national labor policy in the United States during a period of deep economic depression. First came a strike by the American Railway Union (ARU) against the Pullman factory in Chicago in spring 1894.
- May 11, 1894 – July 20, 1894
- Union recognition, Wage increase, Rent reduction
Aug 27, 2019 · The Pullman strike effectively halted rail traffic and commerce in 27 states stretching from Chicago to the West Coast, driving the General Managers Association (GMA), a group that represented...
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Aug 12, 2019 · The Pullman Strike of 1894 was a milestone in American labor history, as the widespread strike by railroad workers brought business to a standstill across large parts of the nation until the federal government took unprecedented action to end the strike.
Against the might of the Pullman Company, the cause of the workers seemed hopeless. The Pullman Company continued to resist any concessions in negotiations with the strikers, trying to wait them out. So the ARU decided to take a truly injurious action against the Pullman Company on a national scale: a boycott of the handling of Pullman cars by ...
