Injunction

Supreme Court In Re Debs Decision Upholds Federal Injunctions Against Strikes

1895-05-27 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

The U.S. Supreme Court issues a unanimous 9-0 decision in In re Debs, upholding the federal government’s use of injunctions to suppress labor strikes and affirming Eugene V. Debs’s contempt of court conviction for continuing the 1894 Pullman Strike in violation of a federal court order. …

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Pullman Strike Begins After Company Town Wage Cuts Without Rent Reductions

1894-05-11 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

Workers at George Pullman’s railroad car manufacturing company in Pullman, Illinois—a company town where Pullman owns all housing, stores, churches, and infrastructure—launch a strike protesting wage cuts averaging 25% following the Panic of 1893 while rents and prices at company-owned …

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