• Dasus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      33·
      3 months ago

      The Battle of Blair Mountain was the largest labor uprising in United States history

      And I had never heard of it. Although I’m not American.

      • TWeaK@lemm.eeEnglish
        53·
        3 months ago

        It’s crazy, basically the 2nd American civil war. Miners storming Pinkerton machine gun nests is how the US got down to a 40 hour work week.

        • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
          29·
          3 months ago

          Its crazy they dont even talk about this in American schools. They attribute it to Henry Ford.

          • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
            14·
            3 months ago

            Lived in a liberal state, but when I was in high school, they attributed it to the Wobblies and left it at that.

              • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
                12·
                3 months ago

                I mean, the Wobblies were a big part of the labor movement which achieved the 40-hour workweek. It’s just a mixture of “Glossing over” and “Complex background reduced to the most prominent actor regardless of whether it’s the right one”

                • SatyrSack@lemmy.oneEnglish
                  9·
                  3 months ago

                  I think they mean that the “Wobblies” and the “Pinkertons” just sound like a bunch of cartoon characters or something.