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Canada declares the Wobblies illegal - 1918 Compiled/edited by Union Communication Services  Mike Stout was the last Grievance Chairman at the historic Homestead Steel Mill, which closed in 1986, and helped win $10 million in lost wages and other benefits for 3,000 displaced co-workers. A musical lobbyist for the working man and woman, Mike describes his music as "working class consciousness rock." He has recorded several CDs on the American Blue Collar Records label.
--Click here to listen to the song. Many of the songs selected for this feature are available from the Labor Heritage Foundation.  Pete Seeger, who died in 2014 at the age of 94, was the grand old man of labor and folk music. His career dated back more than half a century, to his time in the Almanac Singers and the Weavers, when he sang alongside Woody Guthrie and other greats. Branded a Communist in the 1950s for his political views, support of unions and civil rights work, and blacklisted by major recording labels, he hung in there and carried on the good fight for what he thought right. He probably put in more miles on labor picket lines than anyone can count. CLICK HERE TO HEAR THE SONG.
 David Rovics has become a fixture in the North American protest scene, performing at countless demonstrations both here and abroad, and speaking out on such causes as the environment, U.S. foreign policy, globalization and other topics related to taking on the status quo, including the labor cause. He has shared the stage with the likes of Pete Seeger, Billy Bragg, Michael Moore and Ralph Nader.
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