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We probably need to create a category for this. Something fairly broad -- I don't know if we've had enough strikes to justify a [[:Category:Worker strikes|Worker strikes]] category. (Though I'll need to look through [http://www.angelfire.com/fl5/pensacolahistory/ this] again to be sure.) What about [[:Category:Events|Events]] > [[:Category:Demonstrations & unrest|Demonstrations & unrest]]? Then it could be grouped with the [[Escambia High School riots]]. Thoughts/suggestions? --[[User:Admin|Admin]] 08:05, 7 March 2008 (CST) | We probably need to create a category for this. Something fairly broad -- I don't know if we've had enough strikes to justify a [[:Category:Worker strikes|Worker strikes]] category. (Though I'll need to look through [http://www.angelfire.com/fl5/pensacolahistory/ this] again to be sure.) What about [[:Category:Events|Events]] > [[:Category:Demonstrations & unrest|Demonstrations & unrest]]? Then it could be grouped with the [[Escambia High School riots]]. Thoughts/suggestions? --[[User:Admin|Admin]] 08:05, 7 March 2008 (CST) | ||
:Works for me. '''[[User:Dscosson|dscosson]]''' ··· '''[[User talk:Dcosson|talk]]''' 08:34, 7 March 2008 (CST) | :Works for me. '''[[User:Dscosson|dscosson]]''' ··· '''[[User talk:Dcosson|talk]]''' 08:34, 7 March 2008 (CST) | ||
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| + | Joe, I've just transcribed a story about the first day of the strike (April 6, 1908). Thought you'd get a kick out of it. My favourite line is "There was a good deal of anger displayed at this juncture, and more than one pair of brass knuckles was surreptitiously handled." I've uploaded the file as a .doc here: [http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=4982740169&realattid=f_fdj7k71e0&attid=0.1&disp=attd&view=att&th=1188af5c741ca861] '''[[User:Dscosson|dscosson]]''' ··· '''[[User talk:Dcosson|talk]]''' 14:38, 7 March 2008 (CST) | ||
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Great photos! Thanks for starting this one. --Admin 13:40, 21 September 2007 (CDT)
Alexander Sarra - secretary of the local branch of the AASEREA. If a worker was suspended by the company (without pay) that worker had to report to the company 3 times a day. Sarra says: "We [the striking workers] claim the rights of free men to earn what we can during such time or if our circumstances permit to remain in our homes." Pensacola Journal, 7 April 1908 [1]
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We probably need to create a category for this. Something fairly broad -- I don't know if we've had enough strikes to justify a Worker strikes category. (Though I'll need to look through this again to be sure.) What about Events > Demonstrations & unrest? Then it could be grouped with the Escambia High School riots. Thoughts/suggestions? --Admin 08:05, 7 March 2008 (CST)
April 6 story
Joe, I've just transcribed a story about the first day of the strike (April 6, 1908). Thought you'd get a kick out of it. My favourite line is "There was a good deal of anger displayed at this juncture, and more than one pair of brass knuckles was surreptitiously handled." I've uploaded the file as a .doc here: [2] dscosson ··· talk 14:38, 7 March 2008 (CST)
