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Business executives and union representatives met about lower wages.
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| Because of budget cuts, you and all your workers will now make 75 cents a day. | |
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| That's slave labor, I won't allow it. | |
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Heated debates sprung up, as depression made labor plentiful, driving down prices.
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| Well, if you want to quit go ahead, we'll just replacde you. So if you want to keep your job stop complaining. | |
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| One word from me and every railroad worker stops working. | |
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In the end, a railroad strike was threatened and then eventually implemented.
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| A strike will never last, the government will break it up. | |
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| They would never do that, it's our constitutional right to gather peacefully. | |
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