On May 11, 1894, 2,000 Pullman workers walked off the job, kicking off a three-month-long strike that halted railroad transportation in the United States.

During the Pullman Strike of 1894, the governor of Illinois decried President Grover Cleveland’s move to call in the National Guard ...

Pullman Strike of 1894 saw lives lost but forced US to re-evaluate its relationship with workers. ... Grover Cleveland, to sign a bill into law that June making it an official national holiday.

In a fiery speech to a group of labor leaders and visitors at the 125th-anniversary celebration of the Great Pullman Strike on May 11, Association of Flight Attendants president Sara Nelson said ...

During the Great Pullman Strike’s 125th anniversary, the group is giving guided tours each month through October. Before it became a Chicago neighborhood, Pullman was seen by outsiders as “The ...

Pullman porters and other workers went on strike in the late 1800s after their wages were reduced. That strike led to new rights for workers and the creation of the national Labor Day holiday.

Jeffrey Sweet`s resonantly titled ”American Enterprise” has a great Chicago story to tell, and it tells that story with theatrical sweep, scope and ambition. It`s the story of George M.… ...

An 1894 advertisement shows the interior of a Pullman dining-car belonging to the Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton Railway. The view through the window depicts the Mosler Safe Company factory in ...

TROUBLE FEARED AT PULLMAN.; A STRIKE THREATENED IN THE EVENT OF WAGES BEING REDUCED. Share full article. Sept. 30, 1885. Credit... The New York Times Archives.