Railroad Strike of 1877
This is an excerpt from the paper...
Tactics used by both the strikers and the companies in the railroad strike of 1877 tended to be excessive and to undercut any legitimate efforts to find common ground. The strike essentially demonstrated that there was a need for a more reasonable method for addressing disputes between labor and management. In one sense, this is what the strikers wanted in the first place, though they lacked the leadership that could formulate and raise the question. Indeed, the very spontaneity of the strike showed the power of the forces motivating the strikers and the depth of feeling that their grievances had caused, but it also meant that much of what happened could not be called "tactics" given that they were more the actions of an angry crowd. It may be that some of the violence was indeed perpetrated by a crimina
. . .
Some common words found in the essay are:
, public opinion, recent ups, recent ups strike, ups strike, 1877 strike,
Approximate Word count = 547
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page)
More Essays on Railroad Strike of 1877
|