The 1894 Pullman Strike was a nationwide U.S. railroad shutdown led by Eugene Debs’ American Railway Union against wage cuts and high rents in company towns. It pressured employers to recognize unions, benefiting workers through collective bargaining, though federal troops ended it, setting precedents for labor law and union rights.
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