For those of you who aren’t familiar with the history of Labor Day, I thought that I’d share this old post one more time. As some of you probably know, Labor Day was first celebrated here in the United States in 1882. It wasn’t, however, made a national holiday until 1894, in the wake of […]
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Remembering those who died so that we might picnic on Labor Day
Posted in History, Uncategorized Also tagged American Railway Union, Chicago, child labor, coal mines, Eugene Debs, Grover Cleveland, Illinois, Labor Day, labor history, Pullman, Pullman Palace Car Company, Richard Olney, Socialism, strikes, switchmen, union 15 Comments
It’s Labor Day again, you beautiful, Socialist sons-of-bitches…
I know it’s probably cheating, but here’s something that I wrote a couple of years ago on the occasion of Labor Day. If anything, I think it’s even more appropriate today. As some of you probably know, Labor Day was first celebrated here in the United States in 1882. It wasn’t, however, made a national […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime Also tagged American Railway Union, Chicago, Grover Cleveland, Illinois, Labor Day, Pullman, Pullman Palace Car Company, Pullman strike, Socialism, unions 5 Comments
Happy Labor Day… you Socialist sons of bitches
As some of you probably know, Labor Day was first celebrated here in the United States in 1882. It wasn’t, however, made a national holiday until 1894, in the wake of a bloody strike by employees of the Pullman Palace Car Company, an Illinois-based manufacturer of luxury rail cars. It all began when the company, […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime, History Also tagged 1894, 40 hour work week, American Railway Union, ARU, Chicago, child labor, coal mines, Colombian Exposition, company towns, Eugene Debs, federal troops, Governor Altgeld, Grover Cleveland, Illinois, Interstate commerce act, Jackson Park, Kansas Heritage Group, Labor Day, labor history, mail, National Guard, national holidays, OSHA, Peter S. Grosscup, property destruction, Pullman Palace Car Company, Pullman strike, Rail, revolt, Richard Olney, riots, strikebreakers, strikes, the threat of Socialism, unions, William A. Woods 12 Comments