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Title
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Employee Strikes Weave an Historic Thread Through Kansas City
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Description
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Article provides an historical overview of union labor strife in Kansas City; specifically three early labor strikes: 1889 Garment Makers Union walkout of the Swofford Brothers Shirt and Overall factory; May 5, 1912, work stoppage by beer delivery drivers of Local Union 100; December 16, 1936, sit-down strike by workers at General Motors' Fisher Body Plant in the Leeds District.
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Date
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2008-03-12
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
