ABSTRACT
Labor relations in the United States were once characterized by chaos and violence. From the “Great Uprising” of 1877 through the Great Depression of the 1930s, disputes between workers and owners and between labor and capital were addressed as much through pitched battles as through negotiation. This tragic history included deaths in notorious incidents such as Chicago’s Haymarket Riot of 1886, the Homestead Strike of 1892 in Pennsylvania, the 1913 Ludlow Massacre in Colorado, and more.
