The Year That Was

Pie in the Sky: The Wobblies and the Fight for Labor



December 10th, 2019  •  58 mins 56 secs  •  Download (40.5 MB)  •  Link with Timestamp

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The I.W.W. was a tough, militant, radical union, and its very existence terrified business owners, factory bosses, and the entire U.S. government. Since its founding, the law had been out to get the Wobblies. In 1919, as a record number of Americans went on strike for better wages and working conditions, would the union be able to help them? Would the union even survive?