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What was the primary cause of the homestead strike of 1892

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On June 29, 1892, workers belonging to the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers struck the Carnegie Steel Company at Homestead,

Pa. to protest a proposed wage cut. ...

The Homestead strike led to a serious weakening of unionism in the steel industry until the 1930s.

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the factory was mechanizing, which cost workers their jobs

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