Labor History in 2:00

Labor History in 2:00


September 9 - Deadly Anti-Union Violence at Gastonia

September 09, 2024

On this day in labor history, the year was 1929.That was the day a mistrial was declared in the case of sixteen textile mill unionists in North Carolina.The mistrial sparked five days of anti-union vigilante violence.Textile workers at Gastonias Lor