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Omaha Steve's Labor Group

Omaha Steve

(99,630 posts) Wed Nov 11, 2015, 09:48 PM Nov 2015

11-11-15 Silencing the Power of Workers in 2:00

http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/november-11-silencing-the-power-of-workers/

November 11, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1887. That was a tragic day for the labor movement. Four men were hung in Chicago for their alleged role in the bombing at a labor rally at the city’s Haymarket Square a year earlier. In a sensational trial a total of eight men were convicted for Haymarket.

2:00 minute audio at link.

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