July 18 - Chicago Stockyards Workers Kick Off Historic 1919 Strike
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July 18 - Chicago Stockyards Workers Kick Off Historic 1919 Strike

2020-07-18

On this day in Labor History the year was 1919. That Friday thousands of workers in the Chicago Stockyards walked off the job. A serious union organizing drive had been underway in the yards since June.  One of the organizers of the butchers was John Kikulski.  

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