Famous Strikes

Chicago Labor History Sites
Using a map of Chicago, one can choose links to accounts of the Haymarket Riot and the Pullman Strike.

The Pullman Strike
Another part of the Chicago Labor History site is this section dealing with the famous Pullman strike which also has information on the Pullman town in Chicago.

Chicago Anarchists: The Haymarket Affair
The Library of Congress showcases original manuscripts, broadsides, photographs, prints, and artifacts relating to the Haymarket Affair.

The Haymarket Affair: The Trial
A student prepared site about the trials related to the Haymarket Riot which was completed as part of a class on Famous trials in history.

The Battle of the Overpass
In May 1937 the world was awakened to the real struggles that unions were facing in organizing when pictures were shown through out the country of the beating that UAW organizers took by the hands of the Ford Motor Company's "Service Men". These photographs became a part of one of the most famous events in the history of the American labor movement.

The Bisbee Deportation of 1917
The Bisbee Deportation of 1917 is an event specific to Arizona that influenced the labor movement throughout the United States. What started as a labor dispute between copper mining companies and their workers turned into vigilante action against the allegedly nefarious activities of the Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.). This site is a research-based collection of primary and secondary sources for the study of the deportation of over 1,000 striking miners from Bisbee on 12 July, 1917.

The Ludlow Strike
A lot more than 2,000 miles separated the Rockefeller estate from Southern Colorado when on Monday April 20, 1914; the first shot was fired at Ludlow. One of history's most dramatic confrontations between capital and labor — the so-called Ludlow massacre — took place at the mines of the Rockefeller-owned Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.

The Ludlow Massacre
The date April 20, 1914 will forever be a day of infamy for American workers. On that day, 20 innocent men, women and children were killed in the Ludlow Massacre. The coal miners in Colorado and other western states had been trying to join the UMWA for many years. They were bitterly opposed by the coal operators, led by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. Links on the left side of the page will lead to even more information.

Riots Precede San Francisco General Strike of 1934
San Francisco's maritime strike, which began May 9, 1934, tumbled out of control when the Industrial Association, made up of employers and business interests who wished to break the strike, and the power of San Francisco unions, began to move goods from the piers to warehouses.

Labor Arts
Labor arts is a virtual museum designed to gather, identify and display examples of the cultural and artistic history of working people and to celebrate the trade union movement’s contributions to that history.