I know it’s probably cheating, but here’s something that I wrote a couple of years ago on the occasion of Labor Day. If anything, I think it’s even more appropriate today. As some of you probably know, Labor Day was first celebrated here in the United States in 1882. It wasn’t, however, made a national […]
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Happy Labor Day again, you Socialist sons of bitches!
Posted in Corporate Crime, Economics, History, Other Also tagged 1882, American Railway Union, arbitration, Chicago, company towns, Eugene Debs, Grover Cleveland, Illinois, John Peter Altgeld, minimum wage, National Guard, Peter S. Grosscup, Pullman, Pullman Palace Car Company, Pullman strike, Richard Olney, strikes, union busting, unions, William A. Woods, World's Colombian Exposition 31 Comments
Ode to a coal mining teabagger
Sometimes, when the Libertarians here on the site go off on a tirade about the evils of government regulation, and how the world would be a much better place if only we’d only trust in the power of unfettered Capitalism, I like to remind folks that there was a time not too long ago in […]
Posted in Corporate Crime, energy, Environment Also tagged Ayn Rand, Brian Ross, Chamber of Commerce, coal, coal mining, Don Blankenship, free market parables, Friends of America Rally, global warming denial, greeniacs, Hank Williams Jr, Harman Mining Corporation, Libertarianism, Massey Energy, mining, mountain top removal, Nightline, safety, Sean Hannity, strip mining, sulfur dioxide, tea party, teabaggery, Ted Nugent, Upper Big Branch South Mine, West Virginia, Whitesville 46 Comments
Happy Labor Day… you Socialist sons of bitches
As some of you probably know, Labor Day was first celebrated here in the United States in 1882. It wasn’t, however, made a national holiday until 1894, in the wake of a bloody strike by employees of the Pullman Palace Car Company, an Illinois-based manufacturer of luxury rail cars. It all began when the company, […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime, History Also tagged 1894, 40 hour work week, American Railway Union, ARU, Chicago, child labor, coal mines, Colombian Exposition, company towns, Eugene Debs, federal troops, Governor Altgeld, Grover Cleveland, Illinois, Interstate commerce act, Jackson Park, Kansas Heritage Group, labor history, mail, National Guard, national holidays, OSHA, Peter S. Grosscup, property destruction, Pullman Palace Car Company, Pullman strike, Rail, revolt, Richard Olney, riots, Sherman anti-trust act, strikebreakers, strikes, the threat of Socialism, unions, William A. Woods 12 Comments