Answer:
The rehiring of the workers after they resigned from the union.
Explanation:
The Pullman strike was a result of the extended working hours and pay cuts that the union workers were subjected to. As a result, the majority of the workers resigned from the union and also led to the arrest of the union leader Eugene Debs.
But after the strike ended, the union rehired the workers who had voluntarily resigned. This was why Theodore Rhodie said "I do not like to walk up there and hand up my membership in the American Railway Union because when a man asks me to give up my principles, my rights as an American citizen, he might just as well ask for my life." To him, going back to work, after all, that's happened was against his belief of having self-respect, and also a form of maintaining his rights as an American citizen.
Theodore was referring to the act of the union rehiring the workers after they had resigned from the very same.
