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Companies hired Pinkertons to
move employees to company towns.
negotiate with unions in the workplace.
force scabs to cross picket lines.
report on and bust unions.

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report on and bust unions.

The Pinkerton Detective Agency was hired by companies to infiltrate unions, gather intelligence, provide strikebreaking forces, and break up labor organizing (e.g., the violent role at the 1892 Homestead Strike).