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Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia
People were unhappy at the high taxes and special provlages given to thise close to the governor, so the people rebeled. -
Commonwealth v. Pullis
The first court case involving a labor strike against wage cuts. -
Lowell Mill Women Create First Union of Working Women
They went on strike and mobilized in politics when women couldn't even vote, and created the first union of working women in American history. -
Lowell, Massachusetts Mill Women's Strike
When mill owners sterted loding money, they reflected their profits on their workers by cutting their wages. When they did, the women workers went on strike. After they did they were all fired, and went on protest against the mill owners. -
New Jersey textile strike
Children employed at a New Jersy textile mill went on strike for an 11 hour work day 6 days a week -
Lynn, Massachusetts' Shoe binders' strike
The people demanded that the shoe makers adopt a standerdized wage system. -
San Francisco Anti-Chinese Riots
With the birth of the transcontenental railroad, 9,000 jobs were opened. This only fueled the anti-Chinese sentiment due to the economic competition they presented. This led to a rally in san fransisco that tured violent. Chinese immigrants were attacked for three days after that. -
Atlanta's Washerwomen Strike
Thousands of African American laundy women went on strike for higher wages, respect for their work, and control over how it was organized. They gained so much support that they threatened a general strike that would have shut down the city. -
Union Pacific Railroad Strike
The Knights of Labor won an unplanned strike against Jay Gould's Union Pacific Railroad, forcing it to cancel a 10% wage cut. Not even three months later the railroad workers tied up the line again and halted another wage reduction. -
Eight hour strikes
Rallies were held throughout the country. Estimates put 10,000 strikers in New York, 11,000 in Detroit, and 90,000 in Chicago, which was the largest rally that day. -
The Haymarket Riot
A nationwide strike began that called for an 8-hour workday. Three days later a rally was held in Chicago’s Haymarket, protesting the violent police response to a strike by workers at McCormick Reaper Works the previous day. -
The Battle of Cripple Creek
Gold had been discovered in the town of Cripple Creek, and as a result about 150 mines sprung up. As a result many workers unios were formed. Many fights took place over their rights, and these foghts were often physical. -
Newsboy strike of 1899
Newsboys had to buy newspapers to sell with their own money, exept they made less money then they then they used. When the prices for newspapers went up, an organized group of children places them selves in places that stoped traffic and basically shut down the city. -
Anthracite Coal Strike
The miners were working in awful conditions and had many complaits. The employers did not listen, and the miners assumed that the only option was a strike. They went on strike for 160 days and sent the country in a panic over a possible coal shortage. -
McKees Rock, Pa., strike
Described as the "The greatest labor fight in all my history in the labor movement.", the McKees Rock, Pa., strike changed the corse of American Unionism.
