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Labor History in 2:00

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A daily, pocket-sized history of America's working people, brought to you by The Rick Smith Show team.

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Labor History in 2:00

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A daily, pocket-sized history of America's working people, brought to you by The Rick Smith Show team.

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April 24 - The Deadly Cost of Fashion 1:59

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On this day in Labor History the year was 2013. That was the day of the deadliest workplace disaster in garment industry history. More than 1,100 workers lost their lives when a factory complex building collapsed in Bangladesh.

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April 23 - Remembering Ida Mae Stull 1:59

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On this day in Labor History the year was 1980. That was the day that Ida Mae Stull passed away. She is widely considered to be the first woman coal miner in United States history.

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April 22 - Remembering Hazel Dickens 1:59

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On this day in Labor History the year was 2011. That was the day the labor movement lost one of its most poignant voices. Hazel Dickens was born in Mercer County, West Virginia in 1935. It was coal country.

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April 21 - The National Coal Strike of 1894 1:59

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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.

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April 20 - The Ludlow Massacre 2:00

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On this day in Labor History the year was 1914 the bloody anniversary of the Ludlow Massacre. 11,000 miners had gone on strike against the Colorado Fuel and Iron Corporation, owned by one of the wealthiest men in the world, John D. Rockefeller.

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April 19 - Terrorists Bomb Oklahoma City 2:00

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This marks the day one of the most horrendous acts of domestic terrorism in U.S. History occurred in Oklahoma City. A truck bomb exploded at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building killing 168 people

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April 18 - Employment Discrimination Ends at NYC Bus Companies 2:00

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You have more than likely heard of Rosa Parks, and how she heroically sat down on a bus to help end segregation in Montgomery, Alabama. But did you know discrimination often barred black bus drivers, even in northern cities?

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April 17 - The Spirit of Solidarity 2:00

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On this day in Labor History the year was 1911. This marks the day that more than 4,000 furniture makers walked off the job in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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April 16 - 581 Killed in Texas City Disaster 2:00

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On this day in Labor History the year was 1947. The day dawned unseasonably cool in Texas City, TX, a port city forty miles south of Houston on the Gulf of Mexico.

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April 15 - Jackie Robinson Breaks the Major Leagues Color Barrier 2:00

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On this day in Labor History the year was 1947. It was opening day of a truly new baseball season.

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April 14 - The Grapes of Wrath 2:00

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On this day in Labor History the year was 1939. This was the day readers were first introduced to John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath.

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April 13 - Debs Goes to Prison 2:00

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On this day in Labor History the year was 1919. Labor leader and socialist Eugene V. Debs was sent to prison for speaking out against World War I.

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April 12 - Florence Reese is Born 2:00

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There are some songs that stand at the core of the labor movement. Year after year these songs ring out on picket lines, at labor rallies, and in union halls around the world. These Songs inspire and build solidarity between workers.

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April 11 - Ford Finally Comes to the Negotiating Table 2:00

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On this day in Labor History the year was 1941. For years auto workers had participated in a series of sit down strikes and walk outs. They had won union recognition from almost every major auto maker.

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April 10 - Dolores Huerta is Born 2:00

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On this day in Labor History the year was 1930. That was the day that Dolores Huerta was born in the mining town of Dawson, New Mexico.

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April 9 - Bunting vs. Oregon, On the Road to the Eight Hour Day 2:00

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The fight for an eight hour work day was one of the most difficult and important efforts of the US labor movement. Slogans such as “Eight hours for work, eight hours for sleep, eight hours for what we will!” became the rallying cry of working people.

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April 8 - Convict Laborers Killed in Banner Mine Explosion 2:00

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On this day in Labor History the year was 1911. At 6:30 in the morning an explosion shook the Banner Mine, owned by the Pratt Consolidated Coal Company. Banner was located near what would later become Birmingham, Alabama.

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April 7 - Justice for Janitors 2:00

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Their slogan was “Justice for Janitors!” Their chant was “Si se puede!” “Yes we can!” Their image was a red and black poster of a mop raised high in a clenched fist. 3,000 members of SEIU Local 1877 marched in the streets of downtown Los Angeles.

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April 6 - The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 2:00

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Often Southern states are the focus of histories of slavery in the United States. But did you know that in the early 1700s one in five residents of New York were enslaved Africans?

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April 5 - The Longest Strike 2:00

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On this day in Labor History the year was 1954. It began what some have called the “longest major strike in U.S. history.” The strike was against Kohler, the Wisconsin-based manufacturer of bathroom fixtures

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April 4 - The Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 2:00

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On this day in Labor History, the year was 1968. This is a day of mourning. Today is the day an assassin’s bullet murdered Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as he was coming out of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.

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April 3 - To the Mountaintop 1:59

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On this day in Labor History the year was 1968. That was the night that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his now famous “I’ve been to the Mountaintop” speech at the Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee. He was speaking in support of striking sanitation workers who were members of AFSCME Local 1733.

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April 2 - The Union Label 2:00

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When you go shopping, do you remember to look for the union label? On this day in Labor History the year was 1909. The American Federation of Labor launched its “Union Label” department

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April 1 - Historic Strike Begins at Loray Mill 2:00

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On this day in Labor History the year was 1929. It was the first day of the strike at the Loray textile mill in Gastonia, North Carolina. Textile mill workers in the south were paid significantly less than workers in the north

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March 31 - FDR Creates the Civilian Conservation Corps 2:00

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On this day in Labor History the year was 1933. The nation was in the grips of the Great Depression. Long bread lines formed each day in major cities across the nation with at least one in four people out of work. The crisis deepened as the Dust Bowl ravaged US farmland crippling farmers and limiting food production.…

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March 30 - Remembering ILWU Leader Harry Bridges 2:00

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The most important word in the language of the working class is ‘solidarity.’” Those inspiring words were spoken by labor leader Harry Bridges, who died on this day in Labor History the year was 1990.

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March 29 - The Beginning of Walmart 2:00

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On this day in Labor History the year was 1918 and someone was born who would forever change the retail industry in the United States. His name was Sam Walton. Walton opened his first Walmart store in 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas.

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March 28 - King’s Last March in Memphis 2:00

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This is the day in Memphis that marked Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s final march for Civil Rights. If you are a regular listener to Labor History in 2, last month you heard about how AFSCME sanitation workers in Memphis went on strike to win union recognition.

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March 27 - Strike on the Canadian Northern 2:00

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On this day in Labor History the year was 1912. Between six and seven thousand workers walked off the job, on strike against the Canadian Northern Railway. Their issues included low pay, worker safety, and the poor quality of food and housing provided by the railroad.

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March 26 - Contract Farm Labor During Wartime 2:00

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On this day in Labor History the year was 1943. The United States was in the midst of fighting World War II. And by 1943 there were more than 9 million people serving as military personnel.

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