Cincinnati strike -- One of the means used for publicitiy by the strikers from Electric railway journal.

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Book Title: Electric railway journal.
Caption: Cincinnati strike -- One of the means used for publicitiy by the strikers.
Educational Notes: Strike! Sometimes, there is a problem so great that people decide they cannot continue on until its fixed. An example of this is takes place in the workplace: a strike action is when workers refuse to work until a problem is fixed. This kind of thing is also called a labor strike. It was a fairly common occurrence during the Industrial Revolution. During this time of history, huge factories and mines employed large groups of workers, and the conditions were often times very dangerous, very unsanitary, and very unfair to the workers. Mass labor, or the hiring of huge groups of people to work in one workplace, sometimes turned into massive strikes. This choices was made to put pressure on employers, or the government, to change certain policies. Most Western countries made striking legal by the late 19th century. Its important to note: Sometimes, strikes often happened in the midst of larger social movements, or even contributed to them. A big example of this is that strikes in Poland help lead to the fall of the Iron Curtain, which ended the communist party in Eastern Europe. Wow!

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Topic: Strike; Industrial Revolution; Workers; Employers; Factories; Mines; Unsanitary; Mass Labor