On May 11, 1894, 2,000 Pullman workers walked off the job, kicking off a three-month-long strike that halted railroad transportation in the United States.

In 1894, due to the Pullman strike, President Grover Cleveland and Congress designated Labor Day as a federal holiday. The real story is that, given a difficult circumstance, the stranded passengers, ...

On May 14, 1894, Pullman workers walked away from their jobs in disgust. Normally, such a strike may not have garnered much attention, but Pullman workers were members of the American Railway Union.

We could be on the verge of another Pullman Strike wave In 2019, workers across the U.S. are proving that the legacy of the Great Pullman strike is still alive today.

“The Pullman strike of 1894 was a classic case of opportunity lost and unintended consequence,” said Leslie Orear, president of the Illinois Labor History Society, in an interview. “A ...

In 2019, workers across the U.S. are proving that the legacy of the Great Pullman strike is still alive today. (Wikipedia Commons) Roaming the sleepy streets of Pullman on Chicago’s Southeast ...

Jeffrey Sweet`s resonantly titled ”American Enterprise” has a great Chicago story to tell, and it tells that story with theatrical sweep, scope and ambition. It`s the story of George M.… ...

They did so violently; with 26 civilians killed before the labor stoppage ended on August 2, 1894. Debs became a populist hero while jailed for his role in the Pullman Strike.

CHICAGO, Oct. 18 -- Unusual interest attaches to the annual meeting of the Pullman Palace Car Company, held to-day, on account of the part taken by the company in the last big railroad strike.

The American Railway Union made a fatal strategic error during the 1894 Pullman strike when it voted to exclude African-Americans. Gregory Crouch reviews “The Edge ...

Angry Pullman workers walked out in May 1894, and the following month, the American Railway Union declared a sympathy boycott of all trains using Pullman cars. The Pullman strike effectively ...