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January 21 - Steel Workers Join the ‘46 Strike Wave
Manage episode 462285842 series 3382048
内容由The Rick Smith Show提供。所有播客内容(包括剧集、图形和播客描述)均由 The Rick Smith Show 或其播客平台合作伙伴直接上传和提供。如果您认为有人在未经您许可的情况下使用您的受版权保护的作品,您可以按照此处概述的流程进行操作https://zh.player.fm/legal。
On this day in labor history, the year was 1946. US steel workers staged the greatest walkout in the history of the Steel industry.
Nearly 750,000 strikers shut down more than 1,200 steel plants in 30 states.
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Manage episode 462285842 series 3382048
内容由The Rick Smith Show提供。所有播客内容(包括剧集、图形和播客描述)均由 The Rick Smith Show 或其播客平台合作伙伴直接上传和提供。如果您认为有人在未经您许可的情况下使用您的受版权保护的作品,您可以按照此处概述的流程进行操作https://zh.player.fm/legal。
On this day in labor history, the year was 1946. US steel workers staged the greatest walkout in the history of the Steel industry.
Nearly 750,000 strikers shut down more than 1,200 steel plants in 30 states.
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