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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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  • February 26 - Amsterdam Workers Strike Against Nazism

    February 26 - Amsterdam Workers Strike Against Nazism
    Feb 25 2026

    On this day in Labor History the year was 1941. That was the day a general strike by workers against the Nazis took place in Amsterdam. The Nazis had begun the occupation of the Netherlands in the spring of 1940. The German occupiers implemented a series of increasingly repressive anti-Semitic laws.

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  • February 24 - Fighting for the Health of an Industry

    February 24 - Fighting for the Health of an Industry
    Feb 24 2026

    On this day in Labor History the year was 1965. That was the day that the Drug and Hospital Employees Union Local 1199 sent a telegram to President Lyndon Johnson. The message declared the union’s stand against U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.

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  • February 23 - Danger Down Below

    February 23 - Danger Down Below
    Feb 23 2026

    On this day in Labor History the year was 1875. That was the day that the National Marine Engineers’ Association was founded at a meeting in Cleveland, Ohio. The association represented steamboat engineers, most from boats navigating the Great Lakes. Being a steamboat engineer was risky business.

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