Labor History in 2:00
October 17 - The Making of a Monopoly
October 17, 2024
On this day in Labor History, the year was 1877.That was the day that John D. Rockefeller, and his company Standard Oil struck a deal with the Pennsylvania Railroad that would cement his monopoly on the nations oil refineries.In the early 1870s Rockefe
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