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During a strike against the Pullman Palace Car Company, which had drastically reduced wages, buildings constructed for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago's Jackson park were set ablaze, reducing seven to ashes - 1894 Battle of Rincon Hill(left), San Francisco, in longshore strike. 5,000 strikers fought 1,000 police, scabs and national guardsmen. Two strikers were killed, 109 people injured. The incident led to a General Strike - 1934 National Labor Relations Act, providing workers rights to organize and bargain collectively, passes Congress - 1935 Compiled/edited by Union Communication Services Comments are closed.
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