Labor History in 2:00
September 16 - Oil Workers Demand 52 for 40
September 16, 2024
On this day in labor history, the year was 1945.That was the day oil workers walked off the job.The strike soon spread to 20 states and involved more than 43,000 workers at 22 oil companies.After years of wartime wage freezes, the unions demand was
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