America's Most Notorious Labor Wars: The History and Legacy of the Bloodiest Battles for Better Worker Conditions

Public views of strikers varied, from locals who supported strikes and strikers to those who saw strikers as dangerous radicals. Either way, however, the issue of labor had come to the forefront in America, and over the next several decades, in fits and starts, new labor laws and regulations would be enacted, unions would be formed, anti-trust legislation would be passed, and workers' lives would be permanently altered.

Although it's no longer well known as a flashpoint, few things were a...