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James Wolfinger, Capital, Labor & Urban Transportation

October 9, 2016 @ 1:30 pm

James Wolfinger, Capital, Labor & Urban Transportation: A book talk for today’s working class. In his new book, Running the Rails, labor historian James Wolfinger examines how management used raw violence, race baiting and smear campaigns to control mass transit workers, and how workers organized over several decades to win decent wages and working conditions. Sponsored by Bindlestiff Books and Transit Workers Union Local 234. Free admission, copies of the book will be available for purchase.

 

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Date:
October 9, 2016
Time:
1:30 pm
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Organizer

Pennsylvania Labor History Society

Venue

Transit Workers Local 234 Union Hall
500 N. 2nd St.
Philadelphia, PA United States
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