EPISODE · Jul 22, 2026 · 1 MIN
July 22 - The Nation’s First General Strike
from Labor History in 2:00 · host The Rick Smith Show
On this day in Labor History the year was 1877. A group of labor leaders and members of the Workingmen’s Party met in St. Louis. They were there because of the labor strike that had swept the nation. The United States was in the grip of a terrible depression. Railroad workers in Martinsburg, West Virginia had walked off the job, after their wages were slashed.
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