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Omaha Steve

(99,703 posts)
Wed May 20, 2015, 01:56 PM May 2015

5-19-15 On this day Labor History the year was 1920 Matewan in 2:00


http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/may-19-matewan/




May 19, 2015
On this day Labor History the year was 1920. That year a national coal strike had won unionized miners a twenty-seven percent pay raise. But the miners in West Virginia were not in the union.

2:00 minute audio at link.


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5-19-15 On this day Labor History the year was 1920 Matewan in 2:00 (Original Post) Omaha Steve May 2015 OP
Matewan, WV - An Oral History yallerdawg May 2015 #1
HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!! WillyT May 2015 #2
Memorialized by John Sayles greatest film, 'Matewan'. LanternWaste May 2015 #3
 

LanternWaste

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3. Memorialized by John Sayles greatest film, 'Matewan'.
Wed May 20, 2015, 03:11 PM
May 2015

Memorialized by John Sayles greatest film, 'Matewan'. And one of the top ten greatest U.S. films ever made (all subjective opinion of mine)

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