The strike began in Martinsburg, West Virginia, on July 16, 1877, after workers of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad were informed that their pay would be cut 10 percent. Workers grumbled about the loss of income in small groups, and by the end of the day railroad firemen began walking off...
The 1877 Strike That Brought US Railroads to a Standstill Thousands of rail workers in states across the country protested poor pay and working conditions in a massive—and violent—uprising. Read more 10 Major Labor Strikes Throughout US History Strikes have been a powerful, sometimes perilous ta...
The depression of the 1870s forced the American railroads into a cost-cutting mode. The workers for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad went on strike in 1877 after receiving a second pay cut within a short period of time. Violence erupted; state militia units were brought in, but often proved ...
Railroad workers and the great strike of 1877: The view from a small Midwest citydoi:10.1080/00236568008584596Nick SalvatoreAsst. Prof. of HistoryLabor HistoryNick Salvatore, "Railroad Workers and the Great Strike of 1877, "Labor History 21, no. 4 (Fall 1980): 525. Business Source Premier, ...
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 started when forty workers walked off their jobs for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. The strike quickly spread to...Become a member and unlock all Study Answers Start today. Try it now Create an account Ask a question Our experts can answer your tough ...
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In time, though, the mutual aid/fraternal aspects became less important, especially after the troublesome strike in 1888 by the BLE against the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad and the bitter boycott six years later, spearheaded by the American Railway Union, to support hard-luck workers at...
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In April 1909 the management of the Georgia Railroad triggered a bitter and violent strike by complying with the firemen brotherhood's hard-won seniority rules. Barred from progressing to become engineers, long-service black firemen had acquired so much seniority in the occupation that they were el...