what conflicts existed between business and labor?

  • coal miners strike

    coal miners strike

    The strike was against wage cuts in the Mahoning, Shenango, and Tuscarawas valleys of northeastern Ohio and northwestern Pennsylvania. These walkouts lasted from 4-6 months but in the end, they failed. https://kids.kiddle.co/Coal_miners%27_strike_of_1873
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    what conflicts existed between business and labor?

  • haymarket affair

    haymarket affair

    a violent protest between police and labor protestors in Chicago. it became a symbol of the international struggle for workers' rights.
  • cotton pickers strike

    cotton pickers strike

    A labor action of African-American sharecroppers in Lee County, Arkansas to increase the wages they received from the local plantation owners for picking cotton. By the time the strike was put down, more than a dozen African-Americans and one white man had been killed.
  • homestead strike

    homestead strike

    A violent labor dispute between Carnegie steel company and many of its workers. The guards and workers exchanged gunfire, at least three guards and seven workers were killed during the conflict and its aftermath. https://www.britannica.com/event/Homestead-Strike
  • pullman strike

    pullman strike

    Two interrelated strikes in 1894 shaped nation labor in the US during that time period. was a response to the falling revenue during the economic depression and how the Pullman Palace Car Company reduced the workers' wages by 25%.https://www.britannica.com/event/Pullman-Strike
  • textile strike

    textile strike

    was the first major textile strike. The initial strike was a reaction to a wage cut that responded to a state-mandated cut in working hours. The workers at the American Woolen Company were protesting their low wages and unpleasant living and working conditions.