Stories, quotes and anecdotes from Appalachia. 1880s-1950s era.

Category: Unions

The workload was a killer, the heat intense

George A. Meyers was a founder of the Congress of Industrial Organizations. His 1930s drives brought millions into the labor movement.

Joseph Ozanic discusses the conflict between his Progressive Miners of America and John L. Lewis’ United Mine Workers of America.

Originally titled “I Hate the Capitalist System;” song was recorded as such for Library of Congress. Sarah thought of it as autobiographical.

Theodore Dreiser organized a committee to infiltrate KY’s Harlan coal mines to investigate allegations of abuses against striking miners.

The Harlan County gun thugs in reality got nothing for their efforts to drive out the UMWA union. Most of them died violent deaths.

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