The Pullman Strike Case Study
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The Pullman Strike
George Pullman started out with humble beginnings and although
he denied having dreams; he had vision. The vision was to make travel in
rail cars more comfortable which would benefit not just the avid traveler
but himself as well.
He started out working for his older brother and quickly developed a business
sense with a knack of looking at an item be it a building or in this case railcar and
and made it work easier if not better.
The idea of the Pullman Railcar manifested when …show more content…
In 1867 The Pullman Palace Car Company was founded. The Pullman
Enterprise was such a success that Pullman was able to purchase land to build a
Town for his employee’s complete with schools, churches, and libraries;
Although only those that were able to afford the fee were able to utilize the
library. Pullman not only owned the land he owned the homes, gas and water
to live in. Therefore any immoral products where not allowed in this town such as
bars or brothels. This was to insure corruption would not find its way to the town
and seemed to be a heart felt plan however it would soon be found Mr. Pullman
was only looking out or his enterprise and not of his employees
.
After several years of success, business slowly begin to decline and as
business slowed Pullman began to cut wages and reduce hours. There were a
total of five salary reductions between May and December of 1893.
One employee stated here salary was cut from 90 cents per section of carpet to
20 cents per section. In other departments over 2500 employees were laid off.
Although cuts were made in salaries Pullman continued to demand full
The Pullman Strike
George Pullman started out with humble beginnings and although
he denied having dreams; he had vision. The vision was to make travel in
rail cars more comfortable which would benefit not just the avid traveler
but himself as well.
He started out working for his older brother and quickly developed a business
sense with a knack of looking at an item be it a building or in this case railcar and
and made it work easier if not better.
The idea of the Pullman Railcar manifested when …show more content…
In 1867 The Pullman Palace Car Company was founded. The Pullman
Enterprise was such a success that Pullman was able to purchase land to build a
Town for his employee’s complete with schools, churches, and libraries;
Although only those that were able to afford the fee were able to utilize the
library. Pullman not only owned the land he owned the homes, gas and water
to live in. Therefore any immoral products where not allowed in this town such as
bars or brothels. This was to insure corruption would not find its way to the town
and seemed to be a heart felt plan however it would soon be found Mr. Pullman
was only looking out or his enterprise and not of his employees
.
After several years of success, business slowly begin to decline and as
business slowed Pullman began to cut wages and reduce hours. There were a
total of five salary reductions between May and December of 1893.
One employee stated here salary was cut from 90 cents per section of carpet to
20 cents per section. In other departments over 2500 employees were laid off.
Although cuts were made in salaries Pullman continued to demand full