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Omaha Steve

(103,465 posts)
Thu Jun 2, 2016, 07:46 PM Jun 2016

6-2-16 Strike in the Mines in 2:00


http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/june-2-strike-in-the-mines/




June 2, 2016
On this day in Labor History the year was 1916. That was the day that John Greeni, an Italian immigrant miner, walked out the St. James Mine in Aurora, Minnesota. The mine was part of the Mesabi Iron Range, the richest deposit of iron-ore in the United States.

2:00 minute audio at link.

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