The Pullman Strike
date: label: date made
content: 1962
name: label: affiliated union
content: United Auto Workers
label: referenced
content: Darrow, Clarence
label: referenced
content: American Railway Association. Signal Section
label: referenced
content: Debs, Eugene V.
label: Associated Name
content: Pullman Company
label: maker
content: United Auto Workers
notes: label: Description
content: The Pullman strike occurred in May and June of 1894. Members of workers presented grievances of low wages, poor living conditions, and 16 hour work days to Pullman. He refused to meet with them and fired them. The delegation voted to strike and walk off the job.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Michigan, Detroit
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Michigan, Detroit
topic: label: general subject association
content: labor issues
label: general subject association
content: Labor Unions
label: general subject association
content: Strikes and Boycotts
label: related event
content: Pullman Strike
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, General History Collection
label: See more items in
content: Princeton Posters
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Smithsonian
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0701.13
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0701.13
label: accession number
content: 1988.0701
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Poster
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 in x 19 in; 55.88 cm x 48.26 cm