Editing General Strike of 1835 (section)

== Legacy ==

The General Strike of 1835 occupies an important place in American labor history as one of the earliest successful general strikes in the nation. The strike demonstrated that collective action could achieve reforms that individual workers could not negotiate on their own, a lesson that would shape labor organizing for generations. Philadelphia's role as a center of early labor activism reflects the city's broader significance in American political and social history—just as the city had been a crucible of revolutionary politics in the 1770s, it became a laboratory for experiments in workers' organization in the 1830s. The strike is commemorated by labor historians and by organizations seeking to understand the roots of workers' rights in America.<ref name="laurie"/>