WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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Andrew acrnegie decided to cut wages
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Anarchists fired into corwd over eight hors workday demands
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rent and food prices stayed the same after wage cuts
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lack of jobs for women
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Detailed explanation-1: -The most famous and farreaching labor conflict in a period of severe economic depression and social unrest, the Pullman Strike began May 11, 1894, with a walkout by Pullman Palace Car Company factory workers after negotiations over declining wages failed.
Detailed explanation-2: -Pullman began cutting wages and laying off workers in response to a general depression of trade. The average cut in wages was 33 percent. In many cases, however, it was 40 to 50 percent. Workers’ wages were reduced without subsequent reductions in rents.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Pullman Strike and Homestead Strike were both examples of workers’ attempts to push back against what they perceived to be unfair management practices and unsafe working conditions during the Gilded Age.
Detailed explanation-4: -Why did the Pullman workers go on strike? Responding to falling revenue during the economic depression that began in 1893, the Pullman Palace Car Company cut more than 2, 000 workers and reduced wages by 25 percent.