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26 Philadelphia craftsmen jointly resolved to not engage to work for any printing establishment in this city or county under the sum of $6.00 per week
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Several unions simultaneously staged a walkout in one of the nation's first "general strikes."
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most violent strikes in the US were "organizing strikes," waged primarily to obtain union recognition
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Steel Magnate Andrew Carnegie published a popular essay defending workers' right to organize into unions.
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Pullman Strike was broken
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Between 1900 and 1925, the government softened its anti-labor stance to a more neutral position.