Strike action

employees and management were high and union establishment would help protect employees. The Homestead strike of 1892 is a great example how union workers stuck together against the big company trying to take advantage of them. This actually touches home to me a little more than most because this is where I am from. I grew up in Homestead, PA and my great grandfather was part of the 1892 strike that affected the Homestead steel mills. Andrew Carnegie was determined to break the union and put…

workplace, and harmless and sanitary work conditions. Many union organizations pursued their goals through peaceful negotiations and strike actions, like the Pennsylvania-based Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers. Others associations had to use force and violence, creating a chaotic situation in the nation. They used tactics as boycott, strikes, and picketing. It was a very tumultuous time for United…

jurisdictions is complex and varied. Under provincial labour relations legislation, employees, the union, and the employer each have rights and duties when industrial disputes arise. These rights and duties are of great significance when a lockout or strike occurs because economic sanctions are an integral component within the collective bargaining process, for the exercise of bargaining powers and rights, and the integrity of this regime must be protected. In the Alberta Labour Relations Board…

Economic strike Economic Strikes are intended to resolve a Bargaining Impasse, can only occur regarding contract negotiations, for example workforces who strike with the intention of attaining some economic acknowledgement from the proprietor such as increased salaries, shorter hours, or enhanced working provisions. These strikers maintain…

Railway Union (ARU) took action with 150,000 members called for a strike at the Pullman Palace Car Company. Pullman was furious by the strike, Pullman closed the plant, intent on waiting out the workers. The members of the ARU called for the national membership to take over. The union voted to refuse to work on any train in the country that had a Pullman car, this put the passenger rail service came to…

movement began. The populist built on the work of the alliance and trying to help farmers get the credit they needed at reasonable rate. Throughout the nation groups of labors were struggling and many were starting to tire of the constant struggle. Strikes were in full force in the beginning of the 1890’s. It got so fierce that is was known as the Labor Wars. Many businesses combined to make corporations, but the workers joined unions and workers fought for better wages, working conditions,…

Striking Gridiron Striking Gridiron is a book written by Greg Nicholas and it tells about a football team in the town of Braddock, Pennsylvania . During this time was one of Americas biggest labor stoppages in history. Many workers went on strike, and with no money coming in they looked to their football team, the Braddock Tigers. This team was very talented and was looking for their 6th undefeated season and so were all the steel workers because they bet their last dollars on this team in hopes…

workers and the United States’ economy. Historical Foundation of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) Before 1935, workers in the United States had a right to down their tools and participate in industrial actions. However, employers too had a right to fire workers who had participated in strikes or had been enrolled in trade unions. It was easier for an employer to hire another employee than for a worker to find a job. By 1933, only 10% of the American workers had joined trade unions. In…

control in the face of increased mechanization. Then the Homestead Lookout occurred. Henry Clay Frick locked workers out of the mills and prepared to bring in strike breakers. The workers sounded the alarm and they were armed with rifles, hoes and fence posts. When they escaped they started killing people and killed at least thirty strikers. This action of the Homestead lookout, workers struck at the heart of the capitalist system, pitting the workers’ rights of private property. All of the…

There were many significant labor strikes through the history of strikes in the United States. I chose the Textile Mill Strike of 1934; This strike particularly intrigued me because the Unions and labor laws were in their infancy stage and made a lot of mistakes along the way. This strike involved politicians, laws, and even touched the President at the time personally. This strike also affected the Northeastern part of the United States which is where we reside. First let us start with a…