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July 22, 2026

Today in 1877
The Great Railway Strike of 1877 is underway across several states. In Pittsburgh, militia bayoneted and fired on rock-throwing strikers, killing 20 people and wounding 29 others. The workers responded by forcing the militia to take refuge in a railroad roundhouse, and then set fires that razed 39 buildings and destroyed 104 locomotives and 1,245 freight and passenger cars.

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Explaining Young Workers’ Support for Unions
Posted On: Oct 30, 2024
Oct. 30, 2024 | THE AMERICAN WORKER | New data from Gallup shows that more than three-quarters of young Americans approve of unions. Seventy-seven percent of respondents age 34 and lower say they approve of labor unions—higher than any other age group—compared to 70 percent of respondents age 35 through 54 answering positively, and 66 percent of respondents over the age of 55 responding positively. These recent polling results reinforce findings from the Center from American Progress that shows Gen Z and Millennials are not only the most pro-union generations alive today, but even more pro-union than older Americans were at their age. Additionally, these pro-union attitudes among Gen Z and Millennial cross partisan divides. Center for American Progress
 
 
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