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Homestead Strike unionists faced first treason prosecution in US history
Original: Today in Labor History September 30, 1892: In the wake of the Homestead Steel Strike, union leaders were prosecuted for
On September 30, 1892, following the Homestead Steel Strike, union leaders were prosecuted for treason, the first such prosecution of labor organizers in US history. Carnegie Steel chairman Henry C. Frick pushed the case, persuading the chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The episode remains a landmark in the history of anti-union repression in America.
Why now: Anniversaries of pivotal labor-history events are regularly marked and shared by labor historians and activists.
Homestead Steel StrikeHenry C. FrickCarnegie Steel CompanyHomestead, Pennsylvania
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- Today in Labor History September 30, 1892: In the wake of the Homestead Steel Strike, union leaders were prosecuted for the crime of treason for the first time in U.S. history. Henry C. Frick, chairman of the Carnegie Steel Company, convinced the chief justice of the… · MikeDunnAuthor@kolektiva.social · 7
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