History of the United States II / Unit 3 USH2 0340 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Pullman Strike
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The idea
After the depression of eighteen ninety-three, George Pullman cut wages by a quarter but kept rents and store prices in his company town unchanged.
In practice
Eugene V. Debs's American Railway Union refusing to handle Pullman cars on any line.
Where people slip
Pullman had also fired half his workforce, the anchor says. The sympathy strike spread nationwide.
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