The Irish Immigrant Miners’ Memorial

Irish immigrants, who toiled in the silver mines of Leadville, Colorado, in the late 1800s are largely forgotten. Many died penniless, buried in paupers’ graves.  But now a Colorado professor has dug up their stories and their struggles. The Heartland Labor Forum brings us a report on the Irish Immigrant Miners’ Memorial. Then, Remember Our Struggle with HLF's Ariana Blockmon, who covers the 1916 Springfield (MO) Streetcar Strike.

On this week’s Labor History in Two: The sacrifice of Rufino Contreras (1979).

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This week's music: Working Man by The Dubliners; Sprinkle Coal Dust On My Grave by Orville J. Jenks (UMWA); Working Man by The Men Of The Deeps.