The 1943 RJ Reynolds Strike

Ten thousand workers cross the color line to shut down the largest tobacco manufacturing plant in the South and win a union. From the “NC Labor History Revealed” podcast, with music from the Love Songs from the Liberation Wars labor jazz opera.

On this week’s Labor History in Two: The year was 1903. Mary Harris -- better known as “Mother” Jones -- held a rally in Philadelphia, The March of the Mill Children.

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