Labor Jawn
Philly's working class history. Historian Gabe Christy and musician Young Sam James explore the working class history of Philadelphia and the surrounding world.
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Labor Jawn
Garbage Collectors Strike of 1938
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Episode 33
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While private sector employees in Philadelphia had been seeing huge union wins throughout the 1930s, municipal workers were largely left out. This would all change in 1938 when garbage collectors brought the city to a standstill in a weeks long strike.
Originally aired: September 5, 2022.
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