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Omaha Steve's Labor Group

Omaha Steve

(99,663 posts) Tue Dec 22, 2015, 08:43 PM Dec 2015

12-22-15 The Big Apple Comes to a Stop in 2:00

http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/december-22-the-big-apple-comes-to-a-stop/

December 22, 2015
On this day in labor history the year was 2005. At 2:35 that afternoon the Transport Workers Union in New York City called an end to their three-day strike. The union represented 34,000 workers who kept the cities buses and subways running.

2:00 minute audio at link

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