Anyways, did you know that there is one single law passed in 1947 that single handedly killed US Labor. You didn't well let me explain what it did. The Taft Hartley Act banned mass strikes, closed shops, wildcat stikes, solidarity strikes, unions donations to political campaigns, secondary boycotts, required labor organizers to swear to the NLRB that they weren't Communists and It passed despite a fucking presidential Veto.
You know what the Democrats should campaign on repealing in 2024? Maybe it starts with a T and ends in aft Hartley Act. I mean it could help them win the Midwest because every man in Wisconsin is a Union
All I'm saying is we were able to repeal the DoMA last year, why not repeal some more shitty laws this year. It would be fun your honor
This is why they don't let me get drunk at parties, I apparently start scaring the hoes or something by explaining the history of American Labor to people and they throw me out of the party
Hey gotta scare people with the battle of Blair mountain as well keep them guessing
Are you kidding, of course I talk about Blair Mountain, how can someone talk about the American Labor Movement without discussing Blair Mountain, the Haymarket Affair, and the Pullman Strike. Those are Iconic events and some of the most important moments in American History
Wild that those aree real things that happen and then you have people oooo strikes and protests are inconvenient.
When someone says that, you are legally allowed to punch them <3
As an ancom from Chicago, I'm familiar with Haymarket (even going to the martyrs' memorial for the first time this past May) but never heard of Pullman until now.
The Pullman Strike was a railroad strike against the poor pay and the lack of democracy in the comapany town of Pullman in 1894 that left 70 dead and was what prompted Labor Day to become a holiday in the US
