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Omaha Steve

(103,510 posts) Tue Jul 21, 2015, 09:38 PM Jul 2015

7-21-15 The More Things Change… in 2:00

http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/july-21-the-more-things-change/

July 21, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1931. And Chicago public school teachers went home without a paycheck. The school system was broke. Property owners out of work due to the Great Depression could not pay their property taxes, which were used to fund the public schools.

2:00 minute audio at link.

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