In July, 1913, over 7000 miners struck the C&H copper mining - TopicsExpress



          

In July, 1913, over 7000 miners struck the C&H copper mining company in Calumet, Michigan. It was largely the usual issues of people who worked for a big company during a time where capitalists ran roughshod over their workers — a time where monopolies were a way of life. Strikers’ demands included: pay raises, an end to child labor, and safety issues including an end to one-man drill operations, as well as support beams in the mines (which mine owners didn’t want because support beams were costly but miners killed in cave-ins “do not cost us anything.”)... Read on.... upworthy/the-massacre-that-devastated-a-michigan-community-in-1913 youtube/watch?v=oz7oguguIZE
Posted on: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 14:43:38 +0000

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