Pinkerton Detective Agency Operates as Private Corporate Army Against Unions
The Pinkerton National Detective Agency operates throughout the Gilded Age as a private corporate army deployed against labor organizing, providing armed guards, infiltration agents, and strikebreaking services to employers seeking to crush unions through surveillance, espionage, and violence. …
Pinkerton National Detective Agency
Allan Pinkerton
Corporate employers
State governments
Labor unions
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