The Pullman Strike Chicago, IL - May - July, 1894 Workers here at the Pullman factory went on strike after their wages were cut with no reduction in their rents paid to the company. It grew into a national strike that shut down almost all rail traffic in the country. President Cleveland then called in the army, with the resulting violence killing over 70 people.

The Ludlow Massacre Ludlow, CO - April 20,1914 Striking mine workers set up a tent village here when the Rockefeller-owned mine company evicted them from their homes. Unprovoked, National Guardsmen fired machine guns into the encampment and set it ablaze, killing nineteen, including fifteen women and children in this basement shelter.

Columbine Mine Massacre Serene, CO - November 21, 1927 Seeking support for their strike, 500 unarmed miners marched to the fenced in mining company town of Serene, just north of Denver. They were met at the town gates by gunfire from mine guards and a volunteer state militia, killing six and wounding twenty-three.

The Fish Creek Massacre Fish Creek, NV - August 18, 1879 Immigrant charcoal burners camped here while striking for a better price on the charcoal they produced for the local silver smelters. A posse sent by the sheriff to arrest them ended up killing five and wounding several more of the strikers. None of the men in the posse were arrested or charged.

The Bayview Massacre Milwaukee, WI - May 5, 1886 Striking for an eight-hour day, 1,500 unarmed people marched to the Bay View Mill complex and were met at this intersection by gunfire from the state militia. Seven people were killed, including a ten year old schoolboy and a neighborhood resident who was watching from his front porch.

The San Joaquin Cotton Strike Pixley, CA - October 10, 1933 The cotton pickers strike of 1933 was marked by caravans of armed cotton growers attacking any strikers refusing to return to work. Farm workers meeting on this site to protest the violence were ambushed by forty growers, who shot and killed two and wounded at least eight.

Karen Silkwood Death Near Crescent, OK, November 13, 1974 Karen Silkwood crashed into this culvert and died after being forced off the road while driving to Oklahoma City to give a reporter evidence of safety violations and security lapses at her employer's plutonium plant. The evidence she had with her mysteriously vanished before police arrived on the scene.

The Battle of Homestead Homestead, PA - July 6, 1892 Andrew Carnegie tried to break a strike at his heavily reinforced riverside steel plant by bringing 300 Pinkerton strikebreakers in by boat. When the Pinkertons attempted to land at this spot, a gun battle broke out with the striking steelworkers, killing 15 and wounding dozens.

The Great Railroad Strike Pittsburgh, PA - July 21, 1877 After being urged by the Pennsylvania RR president to give railroad strikers "a rifle diet for a few days", National Guard troops arrived in Pittsburgh to an angry crowd of strikers. Fearing for their lives, they shot and bayoneted angry strikers here, killing at least forty people.

The Haymarket Affair Chicago, IL - May 4, 1886 A union rally at Haymarket Square for an eight hour workday turned deadly when a bomb was thrown as police moved to shut it down, killing 11 and wounding 120. Without a clear suspect or evidence, five rally organizers were arrested, tried and hung. They were later exonerated by the governor.

The National Steel Strike of 1919 Sept. 1919 - Jan. 1920 Steelworkers called a strike at the end of WWI to solidify gains made during the war. Here in Braddock, Pennsylvania and elsewhere the steel companies turned public opinion against the strike and ended it by using blacklistings, violence and intimidation and painting strikers as communists and immigrants.

The West Coast Dock Strike San Francisco, CA - July 5, 1934 Striking for union recognition, dock workers picketed and closed docks up and down the west coast. In San Francisco, police confronted the strikers and battled them all day long on July 5, resulting in two longshoremen shot to death and over a hundred wounded.

The Lattimer Massacre Lattimer, PA - September 10, 1897 Nineteen were killed and dozens wounded here when a sheriff's posse opened fire on an unarmed group of immigrant coal miners. They were marching to persuade miners at the Lattimer mine to join in their strike for treatment equal to their native-born co-workers. Most were shot in the back.

The Elizabethton Rayon Plant Strike Elizabethton, TN - May, 1929 Female workers at rayon factories here led a strike for better working conditions and equal treatment of women. Management refused to negotiate and had the governor send in National Guard troops. When a settlement was reached, strikers and union members were blackballed from working .

The Textile Srike of 1934 Honea Path, SC - September 6, 1934 Textile workers on the east coast went on strike in 1934 to protest poor working conditions and low pay. In Honea Path, Dan Beacham (the mayor and mill superintendant) ordered an armed posse to fire into a crowd of strikers, killing seven and wounding thirty.

The Delano Grape Strike Delano, CA - 1968 Under Cesar Chavez the United Farm Workers constructed and used this building as its headquarters during the Delano Grape Strike in the 1960's. It was here that Chavez conducted a hunger strike that helped to unionize farmworkers in the grape industry and raise their standard of living.

The Timber Workers Strike of 1935 Eureka, CA - June 21, 1935 Striking for a 15¢ an hour raise and a 48 hour workweek, workers at the Holmes-Eureka lumber mill gathered at the entrance of the mill in a show of solidarity. Police, FBI and paid vigilantes met them with gunfire when the picketers attempted to leave, killing three and wounding many.