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The Gilded Age was a period of terrible labor violence, as industrialists and workers fought for control of the workplace. Workers organized the first large American labor unions during the Gilded Age, while employers tried to stop the organization of unions. Key events discussed here include the Railway Strike of 1877, the Haymarket Riot of 1886, the Homestead Strike of 1892, and the Pullman Strike of 1893.
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