Yesterday marked the 103rd anniversary of the Battle of Blair Mountain - the largest armed labor uprising in US history
Yesterday marked the 103rd anniversary of the Battle of Blair Mountain - the largest armed labor uprising in US history
wvminewars.org In August 1921, an estimated 15,000 coal miners and their allies participated in the largest armed labor uprising in US history. — West Virginia Mine Wars Museum
The Redneck Army planned to free their compatriots from jail, help win the Mingo strike, and unionize the southern counties. First, they would have to go through Logan County where Sheriff Don Chafin, whose salary was paid by coal operators, had assembled an army of three thousand deputies and mine
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That was fascinating, thanks for sharing. I only wish more people would read this kind of stuff and realize what life could be like when they give up the hard-earned benefits unions of the past got for us.
Nothing was given, it was all fought for.