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Omaha Steve's Labor Group

Omaha Steve

(99,502 posts) Tue May 26, 2015, 09:23 PM May 2015

5-26-15 A Picture is Worth more than a Thousand Word in 2:00

http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/may-26-a-picture-is-worth-more-than-a-thousand-word/

May 26, 2015
Did you know that sometimes photographs have the power to help change the course of a labor struggle? That is what happened on this day in Labor History, the year was 1937. Detroit News photographer James “Scotty” Kilpatrick came with his camera to the River Rouge Ford plant.

2:00 minute audio at link

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5-26-15 A Picture is Worth more than a Thousand Word in 2:00 (Original Post) Omaha Steve May 2015 OP

Seen that before Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2015 #1

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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1. Seen that before

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Tue May 26, 2015, 09:28 PM

May 2015

The release of that photo by the news media pretty much solidified the unionization of Ford Motors.

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