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Outlaw Switchmen End Strike and Return to Work
The outlaw switchmen vote to return to duties forfeiting seniority and failing to gain recognition. They blame craft unions and government, argue a broader lesson on industrial unionism and the need for a One Big Union on the railroads, noting arrests and government hostility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gompers
Organized Labor Movement
Palmer
Wilson
Yardmen’s Association
Switchmen’s Union
Brotherhood of
Bossea