Buffalo switchmen's strike | |||
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Date | August 12–25, 1892 | ||
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Caused by | New York statute requiring minimum wage increases and limiting switchmen's days to 10 hours of work | ||
Goals | To force railroad companies to comply with the NY law | ||
Methods | Strike action | ||
Resulted in | railroad companies blacklisted strikers | ||
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The Buffalo switchmen's strike was a two-week strike in August 1892 by railroad workers employed by three railroads in Buffalo, New York. The strike collapsed after two weeks when 8,000 state militia entered the town and other unions refused to support the workers.
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