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OxQQme

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9. The United Steelworkers of America
Reply to rug (Original post)
Mon Dec 26, 2016, 05:06 PM
Dec 2016

Interesting history lesson

http://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/economics-business-and-labor/labor/united-steelworkers-america

Kinda wondering if the images of those guys sitting on an I-beam eating out of their lunch buckets, smiles on their dirty faces was reality. Or propaganda photos?
A considerable number of the "high up, out there" workers were of the native tribes?

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Empire State Building [View all] rug Dec 2016 OP
Built with money made by short-selling the market before the Great Crash. tenorly Dec 2016 #1
Nothing wrong with short-selling, per se. It can be desirable and is very legitimate. Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2016 #2
Short sellers are also the ones supporting the market by buying during crashes to lock in profits! Lucky Luciano Dec 2016 #10
A tip of the hat KT2000 Dec 2016 #3
It's amazing how fast they built it. rug Dec 2016 #4
4 men died doing it. TeamPooka Dec 2016 #6
My father worked building that Empire. State Buildiing Teacheral Dec 2016 #8
Post removed Post removed Dec 2016 #5
Wow it went up fast. I thought it took years to build. MarkCross7 Dec 2016 #7
The United Steelworkers of America OxQQme Dec 2016 #9
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