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5-22-15 Have you been to Jail for Justice? in 2:00
http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/may-22-have-you-been-to-jail-for-justice/
May 22, 2015
On this day Labor History the year was 1895. Labor organizer Eugene V. Debs began a six month prison sentence in Woodstock, Illinois. Debs was the leader of the American Railway Union that had led a nationwide boycott and strike against the Pullman Palace Car Company in 1894.
2:00 minute audio at link.
