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The teamsters earned every bit of that distrust. Successfully representing their members would go a long way to helping earn it back. Generally though the Pin
by ticviking 5y ago
The teamsters earned every bit of that distrust.
Successfully representing their members would go a long way to helping earn it back.
Generally though the Pinkerton's beating on union guys or the union guys dealing with scrabs resembles a gang war more than a "literal war"
- boomboomsubban 5y ago>Generally though the Pinkerton's beating on union guys or the union guys dealing with scrabs resembles a gang war more than a "literal war I assume they were mentioning the regular use of the National Guard against strikers, like in the Ludlow Massacre.
- ticviking 5y agoGood point.
- ramesh31 5y ago>Generally though the Pinkerton's beating on union guys or the union guys dealing with scrabs resembles a gang war more than a "literal war" That's the quaint history book narrative we like to think about in relation to the labor struggles of the 19th/20th century in the US. But the reality is that men, women and children were mowed down with machine guns and sniper fire. It was a struggle for life and death between two classes.
- mandelbrotwurst 5y agoWhat should I read to learn more about this?
- mannerheim 5y agohttps://www.amazon.com/Herrin-Massacre-Scott-Doody/dp/1300897929 https://www.amazon.com/Herrin-Massacre-Scott-Doody/dp/130089...
- ramesh31 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludlow_Massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludlow_Massacre
- Frondo 5y agoThe first aerial bombing on US soil targeted striking coal miners, at the Battle of Blair Mountain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blair_Mountain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blair_Mountain That seems more like "literal war" than a gang turf war.