For the Pullman company, World Wars I and II demonstrate the company’s complex-indeed, at times, paradoxical-relationship with the U.S. Most stories of the World Wars tend to swirl around tales of sacrifice, bravery, and heroism in combat, but they also tell a story about broad changes to workers’ rights and labor’s relationship to both employers and the government. Workers asserted their agency in fights for dignity and liberation many times over-and, unlike in 1894, actually won their struggles. But the long arc of labor history at the company goes far beyond 1894. The iconic strike and boycott of Pullman by the American Railway Union (ARU) in 1894 have captivated the imaginations of workers everywhere for more than 125 years-understandably so. ![]() ![]() 3 men at a presentation of their 100,000th shell.Ĭredit to the Illinois Digital Archives all usage rights reserved by Joe Parziale
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