On October 24, 1892, between 2, 000 and 3, 000 members of the Triple Alliance struck to win a 10-hour work day, overtime pay, and the preferential union shop.
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Declared one historian, " The failure of the strikers to win a preferential union shop did not detract from the significance of the struggle . " The success of the workers in overcoming racial divisions in one of the major cities of the Deep South is notable ( and would rarely be achieved again until the 1960s ), as is the unification of skilled and unskilled worker.
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