Project Gutenberg 2011-05-05 Public domain in the USA. 592 Foster, William Z. 1881 1961 Foster, Wm. Z. (William Zebulon) 20026587 The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons Produced by Odessa Paige Turner, Barbara Kosker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons" by William Z. Foster is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book explores the 1919 steel strike in the United States, detailing the struggles of over 365,000 steel workers advocating for better working conditions, including an eight-hour workday and the right to organize. Written by a leader within the labor movement, it serves both as a detailed narrative of the events and an analysis of the failures and lessons learned from the strike. At the start of the text, Foster outlines the dire conditions faced by steel workers, including long hours, low wages, and a lack of rights in negotiating their contracts. He highlights the overwhelming power of the steel companies, which maintained control through repression and espionage, effectively quashing any attempts at labor organization. The author reflects on the causes of the strike and portrays it as part of a larger struggle for industrial democracy versus autocracy within the steely grip of corporate interests. Foster emphasizes that while the strike ended in defeat, it ignited a newfound confidence among workers, setting the stage for future organizing efforts in the labor movement. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/36032/36032-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 59.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Steel Strike, U.S., 1919-1920 United States Steel Corporation HD Text Category: History - American Category: Politics 531456 2025-10-14T15:03:00.552291 text/html 535472 2011-05-05T12:29:56 text/html 1417685 2025-10-14T15:03:08.726256 application/epub+zip 1421670 2025-10-14T15:03:02.009241 application/epub+zip 267269 2025-10-14T15:03:01.259251 application/epub+zip 1565943 2025-10-14T15:03:13.716193 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1522314 2025-10-14T15:03:07.672264 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 374622 2022-09-16T13:06:48.584794 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 466842 2025-10-14T15:02:59.747242 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 466755 2011-05-05T12:29:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 466746 2011-05-05T12:29:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20637 2025-10-14T15:03:14.454183 application/rdf+xml 8295 2025-10-14T15:03:01.365243 image/jpeg 1209 2025-10-14T15:03:01.313233 image/jpeg 169686 2011-05-05T12:29:58 application/octet-stream application/zip 1414545 2011-05-05T12:29:58 application/octet-stream application/zip 169668 2011-05-05T12:29:58 application/octet-stream application/zip 1430165 2025-10-14T15:03:00.620292 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia