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Omaha Steve

(103,449 posts) Sun May 8, 2016, 08:56 PM May 2016

5-8-16 Organizing the Rails in 2:00

http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/may-8-organizing-the-rails/

May 8, 2016
On this day in Labor History the year was 1863. That was the day that Division One of the Brotherhood of the Footboards was founded in Detroit, Michigan. By the next year they had changed their name to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.

2:00 minute audio at link.

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