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Omaha Steve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-25-08 12:00 PM
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Today in labor history May 25

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May 25, 1886 - Philip Murray was born in Blantyre, Scotland. He was the founding president of the United Steelworkers of America and head of the Congress of Industrial Organizations from 1940 until his death in 1952. Read more about Murray at http://www.explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=799

Two company houses occupied by non-union coal miners were blown up and destroyed during a strike against the Glendale Gas & Coal Co. in Wheeling, W. Va. – 1925

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