There's a funny thing about history. It's subjective, some would say written by the winners. Well that probably means there's some things that happened that are fringe. Legally that means we can cover it (Law of Fringe RSBC 1498. c 3000)! The spot where this is most relevant for this episode is workers strikes. They get bloody, trains get tipped, roundhouses get... well nothing actually happens to the roundhouses but I think the point got across. Today we are going to look at three historical strikes that occurred in the US:

The Great Railroad strike of 1877

The Pullman strike of 1894

The Battle of Blair Mountain 1921

I don't want to spoil too much but we sure don't strike like they used to. Grab a picket sign, join a sit in and give this episode a listen.

In the intro we discussed the ongoing legal battle engulfing ...