Machining trunnion bearing for 155mm gun and 8in howitzer. Nevertheless, the Great War transformed industrial relations at the company, emboldening workers all along the occupational hierarchy and laying the groundwork for future organizing waves. Pullman workers would have to wait for the late 1930s and the World War II era to achieve broad, sustained organizing gains.
Of course, labor shortages and the need for continuous production during wartime meant workers were better disposed to organize unions and seek higher wages. War contracts proved lucrative for the company, especially during World War II, which arrived just as long-distance passenger rail service was beginning a long decline. For the Pullman company, World Wars I and II demonstrate the company’s complex-indeed, at times, paradoxical-relationship with the U.S. Most stories of the World Wars tend to swirl around tales of sacrifice, bravery, and heroism in combat, but they also tell a story about broad changes to workers’ rights and labor’s relationship to both employers and the government. Workers asserted their agency in fights for dignity and liberation many times over-and, unlike in 1894, actually won their struggles. But the long arc of labor history at the company goes far beyond 1894. The iconic strike and boycott of Pullman by the American Railway Union (ARU) in 1894 have captivated the imaginations of workers everywhere for more than 125 years-understandably so. 3 men at a presentation of their 100,000th shell.Ĭredit to the Illinois Digital Archives all usage rights reserved by Joe Parziale
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