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1894: The Pullman railway strike

Howard Zinn on the history of the militant struggle of workers at the Pullman railway car company in Chicago against wage cuts and sackings.

14,000 police, militia and soldiers crushed the strike, leaving over 30 dead and many more wounded and jailed

Coming two years after the massive Homstead steel strike, in June 1894, workers at the Pullman Palace Car Company walked out.

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