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Omaha Steve

(99,589 posts) Thu Dec 31, 2015, 09:42 PM Dec 2015

12-30-15 The Fight for Better Wage, Hours, and Conditions in 2:00

http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/december-30-the-fight-for-better-wage-hours-and-conditions/

December 30, 2015
On this day in labor history the year was 1899. That was the day that a group of thirty-three railway clerks gathered in the back room of Behrens’ cigar shop in Sedalia, Missouri. They called themselves the Order of Railway Clerks in America. They affiliated with the American Federation of Labor.

2:00 minute audio at link.

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12-30-15 The Fight for Better Wage, Hours, and Conditions in 2:00 (Original Post) Omaha Steve Dec 2015 OP

When I worked in a museum dedicated to railroads I found jwirr Dec 2015 #1

jwirr

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1. When I worked in a museum dedicated to railroads I found

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Thu Dec 31, 2015, 09:45 PM

Dec 2015

a plaque carved in wood with their logo. I hung it on my office wall.

Thank you for the story.

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