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| | meatpackers strike |
 | | They employed the Chicago Federation of Labor, the Chicago Socialist Party, local churches, and the "Stock Yards Aid Society", which attempted to raise $100,000 to aid the strike.(Halpern 37) The strikers had the support of the public, without which, they would most likely not have been able to hold out as long as they did. |
 | | The packers, however, were processing 34,000 fewer cattle, 25,000 fewer hogs, and 47,000 fewer sheep than they were just one year earlier.("Cost of Strike" 1) They also lost nearly $6,250,000 in revenue.("Strike Ended" 3) Despite these losses, the packers were the largest beneficiaries of the strike. |
 | | Their only meaningful gain was that the packers agreed to treat the laborers fairly and run the plants more evenly the six days they were open. |
| www.uhigh.ilstu.edu /soc/labor/meatpackers_strike.htm (1538 words) |
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