Written by C Hues
September 5, 2022
When you’re seen as a low-class hire You’re not higher until you strike When you strike and the freights are on fire Being fired leaves laborers alike Men were murdered—but a holiday was born Survivors left with hate and scorn But as the generations came and went We forgot whose blood was spent
CITATION: [1] History.com. How a Deadly Railroad Strike Led to the Labor Day Holiday. Sarah Pruitt. August 27, 2019. Updated August 30, 2021. Accessed September 5, 2022. https://www.history.com/news/labor-day-pullman-railway-strike-origins .