This article is for those who have forgotten what rich criminals did which led to the labor movement and even more for those who think they were right to do so.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/09...fair-wage/
From the upcoming book: Injustices: The Supreme Court’s Nearly Unbroken History of Comforting the Comfortable and Afflicting the Afflicted.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/09...fair-wage/
Quote:Before the sun rose on that century, however, the Court’s decision in Debs revealed just how unsympathetic the justices of its era were to the cause of labor. When the Pullman strike came to an end, Eugene Debs went to jail. The local union leaders were blacklisted. And Pullman’s remaining workers returned at the same meager wages that triggered the strike. Meanwhile, the railroad barons went back to their mansions, where they remained among the wealthiest and most powerful men in the nation.
And the Supreme Court said this was right. The Court’s decision in Debs was unanimous.
From the upcoming book: Injustices: The Supreme Court’s Nearly Unbroken History of Comforting the Comfortable and Afflicting the Afflicted.
