Pullman Car Porters Ready to Strike
A rare labor dispute draws public sympathy as porters seek wages rather than tips.
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The Herald has carefully noted the labor strikes throughout the world, but there have perhaps been none to which it wished a successful termination more heartily than that about to be inaugurated by the Pullman car porters. In the past the traveling public has about paid the wages of porters on sleeping cars and waiters on the diners, but latterly there has been a disposition shown to let Mr. Pullman pay his own hired help, and tipping has fallen off to such a degree that the porters are organizing a strike which will meet with the approval of the general public.
“there has been a disposition shown to let Mr. Pullman pay his own hired help”
This reflects the early history of the Pullman labor struggles, which would culminate in the massive strike of 1894. The editorial's focus on the employer, rather than the consumer, bearing the burden of wages remains a central argument in labor debates today.
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