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Union Labor Notes Strike Tactics Amid Rag Pickers Rift
A New York union report describes an 8000 strong rag pickers strike resisting a 20 percent wage cut. Employers deploy Black strike breakers but many Black workers remain union-committed and join the strike. The piece also notes winter layoffs, overhead costs, and broader labor activism including plans to organize baseball teams and push a lift of the Soviet Russia blockade.
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