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The Homestead strike, also known as the Homestead steel strike, Homestead massacre, or Battle of Homestead, was an industrial lockout and strike that began on July 1, 1892, culminating in a battle in which strikers defeated private security agents on July 6, 1892. [5] The governor responded by sending in the National Guard to protect ...
Homestead strike: 1892 Homestead, Pennsylvania: 6,550 2015 United Steel Workers Oil Refinery Strike [102] 2015 California, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Texas and Washington +6,000 [103] Remington Rand strike of 1936–1937: 1936–37 New York City +6,000 [104] US Maritime Strike of 1921: 1921 nationwide +6,000 1911 Grand Rapids furniture workers ...
In 1892, the AA had lost a bitter strike at the Carnegie Steel Company's steel mill in Homestead, Pennsylvania. The Homestead strike, which culminated with a day-long gun battle on July 6 that left 12 dead and dozens wounded, led to a wave of de-unionization. From a high of more than 24,000 members in 1892, union membership had sunk to less ...
Pinkertons and militia at Homestead, 1892 – One of the first union busting agencies was the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, which came to public attention as the result of a shooting war that broke out between strikers and three hundred Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike of 1892. When the Pinkerton agents were withdrawn, state ...
The union — which represents city sanitation workers, heavy-duty mechanics, traffic officers and engineers, among others — began its strike at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, and, at 4 a.m., workers began ...
"Folks have been preparing for this day for months," said Gene Seroka, executive director of the Port of Los Angeles. Through August, he said, the port's volume is up 17% from last year's level.
Agitated workers face the factory owner in The Strike, painted by Robert Koehler in 1886. The following is a list of specific strikes (workers refusing to work, seeking to change their conditions in a particular industry or an individual workplace, or striking in solidarity with those in another particular workplace) and general strikes (widespread refusal of workers to work in an organized ...
The strike plans by Local 99 of service employees and United Teachers Los Angeles come in response to what they say are stalled negotiations.