5-14-15 The Day the Beer Stopped Flowing 1953 in 2:00

[Omaha Steve]

http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/may-14-the-day-the-beer-stopped-flowing/




May 14, 2015
One could say that brewing beer is important to the identity of the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Even the city’s baseball team goes by the name the “Brewers.” And so on this day in Labor History the year was 1953. The beer brewers in Milwaukee walked off the job in what came to be a ten week strike.

2:00 minute audio at link.