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Originally Posted by Hollylane
History of Labor Day
Following. the deaths of a number of workers at the hands of the U.S. military and U.S. Marshals during the Pullman Strike... .
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30 is the number. 30 dead and 57 wounded.
The ARU proclaimed the strike a crusade for the rights of unskilled workers. Didn't work out so well. Seems we are still fighting that fight today.
Thanks for reminding us what Labor Day is really about and how (more importantly why) it became a statutory holiday. The Federal government threw labor a conciliatory bone after stomping them so hard.