This week’s Labor History Today podcast: Houston, We Have a Labor Dispute. Last week’s show: Dramatizing The Murals. The Memphis Fire Fighter Strike of 1978.
New York City newsboys, many so poor that they were sleeping in the streets, begin a two-week strike. Several rallies drew more than 5,000 newsboys, complete with charismatic speeches by strike leader Kid Blink, who was blind in one eye. The boys had to pay publishers up front for the newspapers; they were successful in forcing the publishers to buy back unsold papers - 1899 Two killed, 67 wounded in Minneapolis truckers' strike—"Bloody Friday" - 1934 Postal unions, Postal Service sign first labor contract in the history of the federal government - 1971 - David Prosten Comments are closed.
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