Colorado Labor Wars

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Name: Colorado Labor Wars

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Today in labor history: Western Federation of Miners founded

tags: miners, workers, unions, labor, historyThe Western Federation of Miners was founded on this day in 1893 by "Big Bill" Haywood. The new union merged several previous miners' unions that had represented workers from Butte, Montana; Coeur a'Alene, ... [Published People's World - May 15 2013]

Entities: Western Federation of Miners, Bill Haywood, Colorado Labor Wars, Industrial Workers of the World, Workers

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Haywood defined the Western Federation's stance against capitalism, from the viewpoint of the workers, when he stated, "The mine owners did not find the gold, they did not mine the gold, they did not mill the gold, but by some weird alchemy, all the gold belonged to them!"

Today in labor history: Western Federation of Miners founded [Published People's World - May 15 2013]

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