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The Walkout on the Railroads.
- Source :
- New Republic; 4/28/20, Vol. 22 Issue 282, p272-275, 4p
- Publication Year :
- 1920
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Abstract
- Focuses on the strike held by railroad workers in Jersey City, New Jersey. Demand of the trainmen for higher wages and better living conditions; Dissatisfaction expressed with union leaders for not having been firmer in making demands of the government; Reaction of the Brotherhood chiefs toward the walkout; Suspicion about the influence of the Industrial Workers of the World on the strike; Formation of the new organization, United Railway Workers of America by the strikers; Claim of the railwaymen that the strike is not a revolution but a walkout for redress of ancient grievances.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00286583
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 282
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- New Republic
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 15137419