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Omaha Steve

(103,980 posts) Sun Nov 1, 2015, 07:56 PM Nov 2015

11-1-15 General Strike in Philadelphia in 2:00

http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/november-1-general-strike-in-philadelphia/

November 1, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1835. That was the day that workers in Philadelphia organized what was the first general strike in North America. There call was for a ten-hour workday.

2:00 minute audio at link.