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(60,347 posts)The only thing the anti labor thugs will understand is violence, that is seen in history.
[The labor movement of 1865-1919 was initiated by strikes that began because of wage cuts, the new inventions of machinery, and the depersonalization of workers. The first of these strikes began in 1892 with workers at the Carnegie Steel Company at Homestead, Pennsylvania.
This strike is known as the Homestead Strike. Next was the Pullman strike. This occurred in 1893 when the nation was faced with another financial depression. During the late 1800s, the unions were conducting strikes that led to rioting and disorder. In order to restore peace the government was taking action to secure power again.
The public was angered by the carelessness of union officials who allowed violence to occur. As a result of their outrage, riots broke out, strikes began, and mobs formed. The Baltimore Ohio railroad strike of 1877, for example, caused a series of riots spreading to such cities as Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and St. Louis. The outburst of violence in Baltimore lasted four days and cost fifty lives.
http://www.ilwu19.com/history/labor.htm