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TODAY’S LABOR HISTORY

Harold Phillips | Published on 6/26/2026

1894: Members of the American Railway Union, led by Eugene V. Debs, refuse to handle Pullman cars, in solidarity with Pullman strikers. Two dozen strikers were killed over the course of the strike.


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