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Socialist Progressives

Omaha Steve

(99,632 posts) Tue Apr 21, 2015, 01:13 PM Apr 2015

4-21-15 On this day in Labor History the year was 1894 in 2:00 US judge breaks national coal strike!

http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/april-21-1429590025/

On this day in Labor History the year was 1894. The nation was in the grip of deep depression.

Unemployment soared. Workers wages and hours were cut dramatically in virtually every industry.

2:00 minute audio at link.