On this day in 1877, the Great Railroad Strike began after the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) cut wages for the third time in a year, a labor uprising that led to the first major American employer to offer a pension plan in 1884.Although the strike began in Martinsburg, West Virginia, it quickly spread throughout the United States.
Striking workers would not allow any trains, mainly freight, to roll until the third wage cut was revoked. West Virginia Governor Henry M. Mathews sent in National Guard units to restore train service. When the soldiers refused to fire on the workers, he appealed for federal troops.
Because of economic problems and pressure on wages by the railroads, workers in numerous other states, including New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Illinois, and Missouri, also went out on strike. At its height, the labor action was supported by approximately 100,000 workers nationwide.
The strike finally ended about 69 days later, forcibly put down by a combination of unofficial militias, the National Guard, and federal troops. An estimated 100 people were killed across the country and more than one hundred million dollars worth of property was damaged, in part from workers destroying the railroad's buildings, engines, and railroad cars.
Due to this unrest and other, later labor efforts, the B&O became the first major employer in the United States to offer a pension plan in 1884.
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Sup i like that this site has actual pronoun tags for all accounts that’s cool
Yeah we banned everyone who got mad over it when they ere implemented
ya it's like losing a sense trying to read sites without pronoun tags after spending too much time on here.
hey my therapist had finally come around and supports me getting surgery. turns out standing up for yourself will sometimes work out
Asking my coworkers what actions they think might help in negotiations. One old guy who never talks just says "baseball bat. Old skool." And refuses to elaborate. We need this man as a picket captain.
I have yet to hear someone come up with a convincing counter argument after I've caved their skull in with a baseball bat
If argument ad baculum is a fallacy why does borugieos society rely entire on armed police to enforce it's cruel and arbitrary laws? Checkmate debate nerds!
Watched a TikTok of a UPS driver on what they are going to be striking for, the comments were a mixed bag. Lots of solidarity but also lots of "you shouldn't make more than x career". It's crazy how after all of the bullshit being laid bare over the past few years, people still default to "you should be paid less" instead of "I should be paid more".
Literally so weird, the extra salary wouldn't even come from their taxes or anything, just from the company's own bank account
Crab bucket mentality everywhere on all levels in this country
I'm told that in the gdr miners were some of the best paid people in the country and got lots of perks and bennies due to the hardship and dangers of the job.
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Fuck self-deprecation, I'm going to start having delusions of grandeur
Had a dream last night my Mom was dating a conservative debatebro. I told this forum and y'all flooded him with PPB. Thanks for having my back in the astral realm.
The United States will not pay reparations to developing countries hit by climate-fuelled disasters, John Kerry, the US special envoy on climate change says.
John Kerry
My boobs are still pretty small but I'm at the point now that if I jump I can feel them bounce
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some guy: "mister gangam style sir, your big fucking bomb has been used to blow people up"
robert q. somethingheemer:
i literally never could have seen this coming i am become penis shatterer of cum
I have a white, not even grey, but snow white hair strand again
At least it looks cool
I knew a guy who had a lock of white hair since elementary school. Honestly kinda badass
oh idk I lost contact with him after high school, but he didn't seem to have any notable issues that I could tell. I guess the human body just do be doin that shit sometimes
I have a few of those in my beard ever since it started to come in.