Labor History in 2:00

By: The Rick Smith Show
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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.
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  • September 20 - Upton Sinclair is Born

    September 20 - Upton Sinclair is Born
    Sep 20 2024

    On this day in Labor History the year was 1878. That was the day that socialist author Upton Sinclair was born in Baltimore, Maryland. A prolific writer, Sinclair wrote nearly 100 books and other publications. Upton Sinclair’s father and father’s relatives had been wealthy Southerners.

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    2 mins
  • September 19 - The Solidarity March

    September 19 - The Solidarity March
    Sep 19 2024

    On this day in Labor History the year was 1981. More than 400,000 union members marched in labor’s first Solidarity Day demonstration in Washington, D.C. The demonstration was called by the AFL-CIO to protest the Reagan administration’s policies and the firing of striking air traffic controllers.

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    2 mins
  • September 18 - The Horse Race

    September 18 - The Horse Race
    Sep 18 2024

    On this day in Labor History the year was 1830. That was the day that “Tom Thumb,” the first locomotive built in the U.S. raced a horse on a nine-mile course in Maryland.

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    2 mins

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