The year was 1877. 
That summer during what came to be known as “The Great Upheaval,” police, the US Army, and the National Guard brutally crushed a national railroad strike.  The simmering anger of working people had many elected officials and industrialists on edge.

The year was 1877. That summer during what came to be known as “The Great Upheaval,” police, the US Army, and the National Guard brutally crushed a national railroad strike. The simmering anger of working people had many elected officials and industrialists on edge.

The year was 1877.&nbsp;
That summer during what came to be known as “The Great Upheaval,” police, the US Army, and the National Guard brutally crushed a national railroad strike.&nbsp;&nbsp;The simmering anger of working people had many elected officials and industrialists on edge.&nbsp;

August 24 - Weaponizing the War Against Labor

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August 24 - Weaponizing the War Against Labor

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