This week’s Labor History Today podcast: Feathers and Pennies - the 1888 Matchgirls and us. Last week's show: Rich Trumka on “Art is why they remember our struggles.” A report by the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics finds that the average weekly take home pay of a factory worker with three dependents is now $94.87 - 1962 Tens of thousands of protesters take to the streets of Europe, striking against government austerity measures. - 2010 - David Prosten. Comments are closed.
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