EPISODE · Apr 27, 2026 · 1 MIN
April 26 - In the Streets for Jobs
from Labor History in 2:00 · host The Rick Smith Show
On this day in Labor History the year was 1975. That was the day the AFL-CIO held a “Jobs Now” rally in Washington, D.C. A painful recession had pushed unemployment in United States to nine percent. Many workers across the nation thought that the Ford administration was not doing enough to address the problems facing working families.
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On this day in Labor History the year was 1975. That was the day the AFL-CIO held a “Jobs Now” rally in Washington, D.C. A painful recession had pushed unemployment in United States to nine percent. Many workers across the nation thought that the Ford administration was not doing enough to address the problems facing working families.
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