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The 1892 Indianapolis Streetcar Strike began when workers already upset over low pay and long days were told to give up one of their few benefits – their free streetcar pass. After days of idle streetcars the passes were restored and the strike ended. In this view striking workers have surrounded a streetcar.
Read more about this momentous example of Indy transit activism on Wikipedia.
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