Labor History in 2:00

By: The Rick Smith Show
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  • A daily, pocket-sized history of America's working people, brought to you by The Rick Smith Show team.
    Copyright 2014 . All rights reserved.
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  • January 12 - Cox’s Army Marches on the Nation’s Capitol

    January 12 - Cox’s Army Marches on the Nation’s Capitol
    Jan 12 2025

    On this day in labor history, the year was 1932, a very unusual army marched on Washington, D.C. Pro-labor Catholic Priest, Father James Renshaw Cox led the march from Pennsylvania to the Nation’s Capital to demand a public work’s program to put people back to work.

    For more information on Cox's March

    http://web.stanford.edu/group/progressive/cgi-bin/?p=2153
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    2 mins
  • January 11 - The Bread & Roses Strike

    January 11 - The Bread & Roses Strike
    Jan 11 2025

    Today in labor history, the year was 1912 this historic day marked the beginning of the “Bread and Roses Strike” of textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The strike was led by the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). The state Of Massachusetts passed a law reducing the work week for women and children from 56 to 54 hours.

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    2 mins
  • January 10 - Honoring Joe Hill

    January 10 - Honoring Joe Hill
    Jan 10 2025

    Today in labor history, January 10, 1914, two men were killed during a grocery store robbery in Utah. Their murders were blamed on Joe Hill a Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World, or the IWW, also known as the Wobblies.
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    2 mins

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