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Omaha Steve

(103,469 posts)
Sat Jan 30, 2016, 08:06 PM Jan 2016

1-29-16 President Jackson Set a Precedent in 2:00 (federal troops used to settle a labor dispute)


http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/january-29-2016-president-jackson-set-a-precedent/




January 29, 2016
On this day in Labor History the year was 1834. That was the first time in United States history that a President called in federal troops to settle a labor dispute and It would certainly not be the last. President Andrew Jackson ordered federal troops to quiet the workers on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.

2:00 minute audio at link.

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