The Man Who Shut Down American Commerce
Or, why unions are a necessity
History • September 2014 • Views: 1,348
This man shut down American commerce because he wanted to insulate himself from the effects of a depression by cutting his workers wages in the middle of said depression. Plus he liked being a feudal lord.
Note how the Federal Government and the Supreme Court were entirely on his side. When Federal troops were called in to break the strike it was at the behest of railway owners, not the City of Chicago or the State of Illinois.
Yet some people still believe this is the way things should be.