Labor History in 2:00

Auteur(s): 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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  • January 30 - Saul Alinsky is Born

    January 30 - Saul Alinsky is Born
    Jan 30 2025

    “What follows is for those who want to change the world from what it is to what they believe it should be.” Those words were penned in the opening paragraph of the book Rules for Radicals, whose author, Saul Alinsky was born today in labor history January 30, 1909.
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    2 min
  • January 29 - Rubber Workers Join the Sit-Down Wave

    January 29 - Rubber Workers Join the Sit-Down Wave
    Jan 29 2025

    Sometimes you have to sit down in order to stand up for your rights as a worker. That is what workers in the Firestone rubber plant proved in Akron, Ohio today in labor history, January 29, 1936. Akron was the heart of the rubber industry in the United States, employing 40,000 at its peak.

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    2 min
  • January 28 - The Rebel Girl

    January 28 - The Rebel Girl
    Jan 28 2025

    "The only people whose names are recorded in history are those who did something. The peaceful and indifferent are forgotten; they never know the fighting joy of living." Those words were spoken in Seattle by Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, today in labor history, January 28,1917. Flynn certainly embraced the “fighting joy of living,” as a leader in the Industrial Workers of the World. She became a full time organizer for the IWW in 1907.

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    2 min

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