"AMERICAN RAILROAD MEN OF ALL CRAFTS ON VACATION FOR A LIVING WAGE" RIBBON AND BUTTON.

"AMERICAN RAILROAD MEN OF ALL CRAFTS ON VACATION FOR A LIVING WAGE" RIBBON AND BUTTON. (image 1/1)
Pricing & History
1-7/8" metal top bar w/figural eagle and text "Member" suspends three 5.25" ribbons w/the middle one reading "100% American Railroad Men Of All Crafts On Vacation For A Living Wage April 9, 1920." About 60% loss of original gold lettering most significantly at top and overall wear consistent w/daily use. Good. Button is 1.25" w/"Buffalo" union bug and reads "All We Want Is Justice And A Living Wage To Buy Bread." Some light toning of cream paper and slightly bumpy surface. VF. After the Pullman strike, when railroads were under Federal control, laborers were unable to strike. By the time Federal control ended in March of 1920 and by April, when this ribbon was issued, prices on standard goods had risen nearly 100% since 1914 and railroad wages only 15% in that time. No major strike occurred in 1920 but by 1922 the Great Railroad Strike saw companies hiring armed guards causing a notable incident in Buffalo when a guard shot a woman and killed two boys. Ted Watts Collection.
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