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Posts published by “Peter J. McGuire”

The Months of Labor—April 1881 Seeds of Change for Carpenters

April is an auspicious month for those of us who have marched in the wars against Capital. I proudly recall the spring showers that carpenters brought to St. Louis building sites in the spring of 1880. During that era, the nation’s job sites filled with piece-workers, green hands, and untrained…