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Omaha Steve

(103,510 posts)
Tue Jun 16, 2015, 08:20 PM Jun 2015

6-16-15 Bankrupt in 2:00


http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/june-16-bankrupt/




On this day in Labor History Pinkerton Detectives arrived at job sites across the US to escort workers off the premises. No--this was not at a railroad or coal mine in labor’s distant past. It was at the offices of what was once the largest computer seller in the United States. And the year was 2000.

2:00 minute audio at link.


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