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Labor History in 2:00

Labor History in 2:00

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A daily, pocket-sized history of America's working people, brought to you by The Rick Smith Show team.Copyright 2014 . All rights reserved. Mundial
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  • November 19 - Joe Hill’s Final Words

    November 19 - Joe Hill’s Final Words
    Nov 19 2025

    On this day in Labor History the year was 1915. On that sad day, Industrial Workers of the World organizer and songwriter, Swedish-born Joe Hill, was executed in Utah. In 1914, Hill was framed for the murder of a grocer and his son in Salt Lake City. The evidence was circumstantial at best.

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  • November 18 - Atlanta Auto Workers Lead the GM Sit Down Wave

    November 18 - Atlanta Auto Workers Lead the GM Sit Down Wave
    Nov 18 2025

    On this day in Labor History the year was 1936. That was the day workers at the General Motors plant in Atlanta, Georgia participated in a sit-down strike. This was part of a wave of labor organizing during the 1930s. Other GM plants in Kansas City, Mo. and Cleveland, Ohio went on strike.
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  • November 17 - The Anti-Communist Witch-hunt Escalates

    November 17 - The Anti-Communist Witch-hunt Escalates
    Nov 18 2025

    On this day in Labor History the year was 1947. That was the day that the Screen Actors Guild voted to make all SAG members take an anti-Communist loyalty oath. The late 1940s were the dawn of the US Cold War with the Soviet Union. Anti-Communist hysteria swept the country.

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