Miners' Unions: A Comstock Case Study

Many later historians looked at the Comstock's labor history, and seeing a lack of strikes or violence, concluded that the 1860s and 1870s represented a golden age of labor-management relations.

On the contrary, the Comstock labor movement initially faced military suppression. Miners reacted to the threat of armed opposition with a carefully crafted approach that seized control of the situation. If there was less violence on the Comstock, it was because the union was so effective.

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