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The story changed as the mill shut down · Labor Radio-Podcast Daily

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I think what surprised me about it was when we, we got involved in the project
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is that the story was changing so quickly,
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This is the Labor Radio Podcast Daily for Monday, May 11th.
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like when the mill actually closed while we were in the midst of doing
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this, this work, and, uh, that added a whole other dimension to it,
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That's from the Maryland Labor History Podcast on the Labor Radio Podcast
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Network, laborradionetwork.org.
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On today's Labor Arts Calendar, Singing For Justice screens in
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Eugene, Oregon at 4:00 PM local time.
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Details and the latest labor arts news and events are available at laborheritage.org,
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where you can also subscribe to the Labor Heritage Foundation's
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free weekly newsletter.
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In today's labor history on this date in 1894, a nationwide railway
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strike began in Pullman, Illinois.
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a quarter of a million railroad workers ultimately joined the
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strike to protest wage cuts by the Pullman Palace Car Company.
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You can discover these stories where they happened.
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The online Labor Landmarks map is available at laborheritage.org.
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Today's labor quote is by Eugene Victor Debs, who said,
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"No strike has ever been lost."
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Support for the Labor Radio Podcast Daily comes from Union
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Plus, a non-profit organization founded by the AFL-CIO in 1986.
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More information at unionplus.org.
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This has been Chris Garlock for the Labor Radio Podcast Network.