In 1894, President Grover Cleveland deployed federal troops to Chicago to suppress the Pullman Strike, overriding the objections of Illinois Governor John Peter Altgeld. This event in the United States…
In 1934, a massive maritime strike on the Pacific Coast led to the "Bloody Thursday" riots and a general strike in San Francisco. President Franklin D. Roosevelt used his executive…
In 1941, labor leader A. Philip Randolph pressured President Franklin D. Roosevelt to desegregate the defense industry by threatening a massive march on Washington. This resulted in Executive Order 8802,…
