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[-] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

World War 2 was used as an excuse to crack down and destroy them.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

I guess the quote is from 1905. I'm in my fifties and have never seen broad union involvement anywhere.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

Yeah - Mother Jones was a huge union activist in the early 1900’s. If you have heard of the newspaper, it was named after her.

Heres a good Knowing Better about the history of labor and union suppression.

People paid in blood for the 40 hour work week.

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