{"id":41467,"date":"2017-07-21T10:07:40","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T14:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/?p=41467"},"modified":"2017-07-21T10:07:40","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T14:07:40","slug":"rail-workers-died-fighting-basic-human-rights-railroad-strike-1877","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/rail-workers-died-fighting-basic-human-rights-railroad-strike-1877\/","title":{"rendered":"Rail workers died fighting for basic human rights: Anniversary of Railroad Strike of 1877","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"mailto:jrisch@smart-union.org\">John Risch<\/a>, SMART TD&#8217;s national legislative director, spoke with Jaisal Noor of <a href=\"http:\/\/therealnews.com\/t2\/story:19572:Railroad-Workers%27-Struggles-Continue-140-Years-after-their-First-National-Strike-%2812%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">realnews.com<\/a> on the significance of the 140th anniversary of the first national railroad strike that began July 14, 1877, also known as the <a href=\"http:\/\/explorepahistory.com\/hmarker.php?markerId=1-A-1C1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Great Railroad Strike and Great Upheaval<\/a>.<br \/>\nMore than 100,000 workers participated in the strike, which lasted 45 days. It is estimated that over 100 workers died and thousands more were injured.<br \/>\nRisch points out that though immense labor victories ha<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/12.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-41468\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/12-300x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>ve been hard fought and won since that time, the struggle for workers&#8217; rights continues.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/therealnews.com\/t2\/story:19572:Railroad-Workers%27-Struggles-Continue-140-Years-after-their-First-National-Strike-%2812%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> to read the article.<br \/>\n<strong>ACT NOW! \u00a0Contact your legislator to protect rail worker rights:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.congressweb.com\/smart_transportation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0to go to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.congressweb.com\/smart_transportation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SMART TD Legislative Action Center<\/a>\u00a0and take a couple of minutes to\u00a0send a clear message to Congress:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>YES to Two-person crews (Safe Freight Act)<\/li>\n<li>YES to Yardmaster Protection Act<\/li>\n<li>NO to AMTRAK budget cuts<\/li>\n<li>NO to so-called Right to Work laws&#8230;that destroy unions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<em>Photo courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohiohistorycentral.org\/w\/Great_Railroad_Strike_of_1877\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ohio History Central<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Risch, SMART TD&#8217;s national legislative director, spoke with Jaisal Noor of realnews.com on the significance of the 140th anniversary of the first national railroad strike that began July 14, 1877, also known as the Great Railroad Strike and Great Upheaval. 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