Labor History in 2:00 the year was 1912

[Omaha Steve]

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On this day in Labor History the year was 1912.

Nearly one million coal miners went on strike in Great Britain.

A period of great labor unrest marked the year leading up to the massive walkout from the mines

2:00 audio at link.

[Cooley Hurd]

1. The tie-in to RMS Titanic:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Titanic#Passengers

Usually, a high prestige vessel like Titanic could expect to be fully booked on its maiden voyage. However, a national coal strike in the UK had caused considerable disruption to shipping schedules in the spring of 1912, causing many crossings to be cancelled. Many would-be passengers chose to postpone their travel plans until the strike was over. The strike had finished a few days before Titanic sailed; however, that was too late to have much of an effect. Titanic was able to sail on the scheduled date only because coal was transferred from other vessels which were tied up at Southampton, such as City of New York and Oceanic as well as coal Olympic had brought back from a previous voyage to New York and which had been stored at the White Star Dock.