Shootout in Matewan; General strike in KC

On May 19, 1920, a deadly shootout took place in Matewan, West Virginia between striking union miners and coal company agents; Record West Virginia launched their show last year with a retelling of this famous battle.
And just two years earlier, a general strike took place in Kansas City, sparked by solidarity between black and white women workers. The Heartland Labor Forum’s Judy Ancel brings us the story of this important but little-known moment in labor history.
On today’s Labor History in 2: The year was 1934. That was the day the Lucas County Sheriff ordered an attack on thousands of Electric Auto-Lite strikers and Unemployed League supporters, touching off the six-day Battle of Toledo.

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