Strikes-(2-7)

b.) Homestead Steel Strike 1892. The city of Homestead, on the Monongahela River just east of Pittsburgh . The Homestead Steel Works was an important segment of Andrew Carnegie's empire. Workers wanted to remain unionized with favorable working terms and conditions. Even though Homestead depended on the steel industry for its livelihood, the employees were willing to fight to the death for their union. For almost five months in 1892, the Homestead lodges of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers and the Carnegie Steel Company, Limited clashed over contract negotiations in what has become known as The Homestead Strike. Union and non-union workers joined forces under the leadership of Hugh O'Donnell and kept guard around the steel works to prevent any black sheep, or scabs, from entering Steelworkers would remain largely devoid of union protections until the rebirth of labor activism in the 1930s.

d.) Bethlehem Steel Strike 1910. Bethlehem Pennsylvania was a city of 75,000 inhabitants in 1910, located 100 miles north of Philadelphia, only 35.1 percent of the population lived in urban areas. The strike begun on February 4,1910. Once the second largest steel producer in the United States. Their efforts were futile, because their attempt to shut down the company failed after just a couple days. By 1910, Bethlehem Steel had more than twice as many employees as there were when Schwab took over. During World War I and World War II, Bethlehem Steel was a major supplier of armor plate and ordnance products to the U.S. armed forces. Many of the nation's fighting ships used armor plate and large caliber guns supplied by Bethlehem Steel. The strike lasted 54 days and ended on May 18th, 1910 with no more than 600 still on strike. Workers returned to work on the same terms that the union made before they were striking. The Industrial revolution was slowed down because the Bethlehem Steel Strike 1910.