Debs and the American Railroad Union

By the late 1880s, Debs had started his trek away from conservative unionism. A railroad walk out in 1888 convinced Debs that a harmonious relationship with massive corporations wasn't possible without organized workers. He also began to criticize the craft unionism that dominated the labor movement rather than self-bulkinize according to job tasks. That same year, he co-founded the American Railway Union (ARU)