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Omaha Steve's Labor Group

Omaha Steve

(99,573 posts) Sun May 8, 2016, 09:55 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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5-8-16 Organizing the Rails in 2:00 (Original Post) Omaha Steve May 2016 OP

Before unions, 80 percent of railroad employees could expect to be maimed or killed on the job. Brickbat May 2016 #1

Brickbat

(19,339 posts)

1. Before unions, 80 percent of railroad employees could expect to be maimed or killed on the job.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun May 8, 2016, 10:05 PM

May 2016

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