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Omaha Steve

(103,469 posts) Sun May 3, 2015, 07:14 PM May 2015

5-3-15 Blood in the Streets for an 8 Hour Day in 2:00

http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/may-3-blood-in-the-streets-for-an-8-hour-day/

On this day in Labor History the year was 1886. A little after three o’clock on that Monday, in Chicago, radical labor activist and newspaper man August Spies climbed onto a box car to give a speech about the fight for the eight hour day.

2:00 minute audio at link.

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