MikeDunnAuthorSep 6, 2023

Today in Labor History September 6, 1912: Duluth streetcar drivers went on strike. On September 9, riots erupted, with workers stoning scab drivers and battling police in the streets. They overturned street cars and blockaded the streets. A 16-year-old clubbed a cop in the face. 14 were arrested. The workers were mostly Scandinavian immigrants. They were fighting for the right to form a union, and to cut their workday down to 9 hours. During a strike in 1899, Duluth drivers dynamited several streetcars off their tracks.

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