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The Fight Over Jobs, 1877-2024: An Accounting of Events Distorted, Suppressed or Ignored
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Americans work "at will" and can be fired or laid off at any time. Work and the boss can be difficult; sometimes we strike, picket and protest. Take the time back in July 1877 after the Pennsylvania Railroad cut wages 20 percent and the Pittsburgh superintendent laid off half his conductors, flagmen and brakemen. Striking crews blocked the tracks, except railroad officials declared to "clear the tracks" and found a compliant governor ready to call out the National Guard. His troops fired di...