5-4-16 The Day that Changed the World in 2:00

http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/may-4-the-day-that-changed-the-world/




May 4, 2016
On this day in Labor History the year was 1886. That evening a worker’s rally in Chicago Illinois became known as the Haymarket Tragedy. On May 1, workers from across the city and country had held massive rallies for the eight-hour day. Two days later,the police had fired into a crowd of workers on strike outside of the McCormick Reaper plant in the Chicago neighborhood of Pilsen.

2:00 minute audio at link.