The Strike

A painting by Robert Keohler, The Strike, suggested the mood of the workers and their bosses and the grim environment of the industrial-age America.  The painting shows an angry crowd confronting their employer. An impoverished woman with her kids and another middle class woman talking to  one of the workers. It is also suppose to show the diversity of New York at the time.

The Strike by Robert Keohler

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During this time on May 1, 1886 there was a national strike to change the workday from 12 to 8 hours. About 340,000 workers stopped work at 12,000 companies around the country.

            Sayre, Henry M. Discovering the Humanities: Second Edition. 2010. Textbook.