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Omaha Steve

(103,510 posts)
Tue Mar 10, 2015, 05:41 PM Mar 2015

On this day in Labor History the year was 1941 Labor History in 2:00


http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/march-10-1426000288/





March 10, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1941.

New Yorkers woke up to find a foot of snow blanketing their city. Nearly a million New Yorkers also discovered their usual routine was going to be disrupted.

At 5 a.m. the Transport Workers Union had walked off the job, calling a strike against the Fifth Avenue Coach and New York City Omnibus companies.

2:00 audio at link.



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