riots+bam

Riots and strikes were rebellions organized by Unions in order to keep their employers in check. If working conditions became too harsh or wages were too low the members in a Union would go on strike to retaliate against their employers. They would do no work and started picket lines in the streets to express their feelings of malcontent with the way things are being run. Companies were very upset with the Unions and had many ways to deal with the Strikes. They would either fire all the workers in the Unions and replace them with new people and force them to sign contracts that assured they wouldn't join a Union, or they would reach a compromise with the Unions and agree to their demands and the workers would return to work.