GALVESTON, March 5.--The fresh outbreak of the Knights of Labor boycott against the Mallory Steamship Company, in connection with the widespread labor troubles in North Texas, causes most serious ...

The strike started after a member of the Knights of Labor — labor organization representing the workers — was fired for attending a union meeting on company time, which union members said was ...

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The Great Southwest Railroad Strike of 1886 was started by the Knights of Labor in Marshall, Texas at 3 p.m. on March, 1, 1886 after foreman Charles A. Hall was reportedly fired for attending a ...

These strikes changed the course of history and ... They were affiliated with the Knights of Labor, the American Federation of Labor, the railroad brotherhoods, the Teamsters and the American ...

They saw strikes as illegal insubordination against the employers. Police repression came down in various places — eventually destroying the Knights of Labor. After Chicago police killed three ...

The Knights of Labor union founded in 1869 took the movement to a new level drawing a national membership. The ethos of the Knights was to include anyone involved in production, which helped its ...

5, 1882, when some 10,000 workers marched in a parade organized by the Central Labor Union and the Knights of Labor ... Pullman Palace Car Company went on strike after the railcar-maker cut ...

“So, there are wraparound services for medical, bereavement, loss of job, strike funds, stuff like that.” The Haymarket Affair The FOTLU had limited success over the next several years while ...