10-10-15 Murder in the Fields in 2:00

[Omaha Steve]

http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/october-10-murder-in-the-fields/




October 10, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1933. That was the day that forty armed cotton growers shot at a group of striking workers in the small town of Pixley, California. That year a wave of labor unrest had swept through the fields of California’s agriculture industry. Nearly 50,000 workers participated in strikes throughout the year.

2:00 minute audio at link.