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On this week’s show: Timothy Messer-Kruse on "The enduring power of the Haymarket Square bomb: uncovering the hidden history of a failed revolutionary uprising in America." From the Our Daily Worker/Our Daily Lives Brown Bag series at Michigan State University. Plus: celebrating Pete Seeger’s 100th birthday with the R.J. Phillips Band. Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Produced & engineered by Chris Garlock and Patrick Dixon.   Which Side Are You On-Pete Seeger https://youtu.be/5iAIM02kv0g Solidarity Forever-Pete Seeger https://youtu.be/pCnEAH5wCzo Troubadour (Tribute to Pete Seeger)-R.J. Phillips Band https://soundcloud.com/hillipsand/troubadour-tribute-to-pete-seeger Our Daily Worker/Our Daily Lives Brown Bag: http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/search~S39?/Your+daily+work+our+daily+lives&searchscope=39&SORT=D/Your+daily+work+our+daily+lives&searchscope=39&SORT=D&SUBKEY=our+daily+work+our+daily+lives/101%2C206%2C206%2CB/browse

Postal workers serve the community “If they could walk in our shoes then they would understand why we are so against the privatizing of the Postal Service.” Today’s labor history: 400 black women working as tobacco stemmers walk off the job in Richmond. Today’s labor quote by John J. Sweeney.

“We haven't learned as much as we should have from the first NAFTA.” Today’s labor history: four striking workers killed, 200 wounded, when police attack Chicago demonstration. Today’s labor quote by Pete Seeger.

“These drivers demand to be paid fairly and treated with respect and dignity.” Today’s labor history: Chicago's first Trades Assembly sponsors a general strike. Today’s labor quote by Richard Trevellick.

Monthlong festival celebrates contributions of working men and women through films, music, art, history, and radio. Today’s labor history: 8-hour movement begins May Day tradition. Today’s labor quote by Mother Jones.

On this week’s show: Nationals star outfielder Bryce Harper recently turned down $300 million to stay in DC in favor of $330 million to move 150 miles north to Philadelphia. Most professional baseball players don't have to make this kind of agonizing decision; they're located in small towns, they travel around by bus, and no-one is collecting baseball cards with their name and image on them, much less offering them millions to play ball. This week Labor History Today's Patrick Dixon spoke to freelance journalist Michael Arria to learn more about minor league ballplayers and the historical roots of present-day inequities. Also today, we have a report from the R. J. Phillips Band about Emily and Mary Edmonson, a bay schooner called the Pearl and the largest documented slave escape in U.S. history. Troubled Waters: R.J. Phillips Band https://soundcloud.com/hillipsand/troubled-waters Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Produced & engineered by Chris Garlock and Patrick Dixon.

Cited for a “consistent disregard for safety principles.” Today’s labor history: 109 killed at Everettville mine explosion. Today’s labor quote by Barack Obama.

UFCW 400 member wins grievance, receives back pay. Today’s labor history: Coxey’s Army arrives in DC. Today’s labor quote by Jacob S. Coxey.

Reporters posted pictures holding green balloons with an upward-pointing arrow and the words “Rai$e Our Pay Now.” Today’s labor history: U.S. Army seizes Montgomery Ward after management defies the National Labor Relations Board. Today’s labor quote by Queen Cee, from “Bread and Roses.”

The effects of this neglect will be felt for years to come. Today’s labor history: Times calls struggle for an 8-hour workday “un-American.” Today’s labor quote by Reverend Ralph David Abernathy, Sr.