On this day in 1886, the Great Southwest Railroad Strike began, involving more than 200,000 workers throughout the Southwestern United States.
The strike began when an agreement between the Knights of Labor and Union Pacific to give notice and investigate all firings was violated where a Knight named Charles A. Hall in Marshall, Texas was fired for attending a union meeting on company time. In response, te District Assembly #101 of the Knights called a strike.
Within a week, more than 200,000 workers were on strike throughout Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and Texas, paralyzing railway lines with both inaction and sabotage.
At least nine people were killed in conflicts between police and crowds of striking workers. On April 9th in East St. Louis, eight deputies guarding a freight train shot into a crowd of strikers, killing six bystanders. The crowd responsed by setting the rail yards on fire.
After two months of protest, the strike was called off on May 4th without the workers winning their demands. The failure of the strike led directly to the collapse of the Knights of Labor and the rise of the American Federation of Labor (AFL).
Hola Camaradas :fidel-salute-big: , Our Comrades In Texas are currently passing Through some Hard times :amerikkka: so if you had some Leftover Change or are a bourgeoisie Class Traitor here are some Mutual Aid programs that you could donate to :left-unity-3:
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we need a comm for Labor related stuff
If you're like me, and you occasionally argue with libs on twitter and you see someone saying some ignorant shit like "Well even if :top-cop: overrules the Parmesantarian, you don't have 50 votes", just tell them we do have 50 votes. Its funny.
"You mean to tell me there is a democrat who would oppose Biden's relief plan because of some purity test? What is wrong with them?"
Bad faith arguments get bad faith responses.
Hey dont let your perfect minimum-wage-less bill get in the way of the good relief bill that includes a minimum wage increase.