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This Day in Labor History: September 30, 1899

By Erik Loomis

On September 30, 2020

On September 30, 1899, Mary “Mother” Jones organized the wives and daughters of striking coal miners in Arnot, Pennsylvania to descend on the mine and intimidate the scabs working there. This critical action succeeded and helped their men win their strike. In May 1899, about 1,000 men went on strike in Arnot, which is in […]

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This Day in Labor History: July 7, 1903

By Erik Loomis

On July 7, 2020

On July 7, 1903, Mary “Mother” Jones launched the Children’s Crusade in support of a Philadelphia textile strike and to raise awareness about the need to end child labor. Marching to

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The Holy Mother

By Erik Loomis

On December 12, 2013

The only known recording of Mother Jones for your Thursday night. This is from an interview on what she claimed was her 100th birthday in 1930. She did exaggerate her age somewhat and when she died th

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