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Omaha Steve

(103,465 posts)
Wed May 11, 2016, 08:06 PM May 2016

5-11-16 Fighting Back Against a Robber Baron in 2:00


http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/may-11-fighting-back-against-a-robber-baron/




May 11, 2016
On this day in Labor History the year was 1894. That was the first day of the Pullman Strike. The strike started in the company of town of Pullman, on the south side of Chicago, where workers made luxury sleeping cars for passenger trains.

2:00 minute audio at link.

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