Great Strikes of 1877
A spectacular example of collective protest, the Great Strike of 1877--actually a sequence of related actions--was America''s first national strike and the first major strike against the railroad industry. In some places, non-railroad workers also abandoned city businesses, creating one of the nation''s first general strikes. Mobilizing hundreds of thousands of workers, the Great Strikes of 1877 ...
A spectacular example of collective protest, the Great Strike of 1877--actually a sequence of related actions--was America''s first national strike and the first major strike against the railroad industry. In some places, non-railroad workers also abandoned city businesses, creating one of the nation''s first general strikes. Mobilizing hundreds of thousands of workers, the Great Strikes of 1877 ...