Today in Labor History Nov 19 Joe Hill, a Swedish immigrant organizer and songwriter, was executed!

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November 19


November 19, 1915 - Joe Hill, a Swedish immigrant organizer and songwriter, was executed by a Utah firing squad after being convicted of murder on trumped-up charges. His last message from prison was “Don’t mourn for me . . organize.”

For more on Joe Hill, see www.joehill.org and http://www.aflcio.org/aboutus/history/history/hill.cfm and the Wobblies' website, www.iww.org

View a video of Joan Baez performing the song, "Joe Hill," http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/08/25/1716207


The nation’s first automatic toll collection machine is used at the Union Toll Plaza on New Jersey's Garden State Parkway - 1954

Labor history found here: http://www.unionist.com/today-in-labor-history & here:

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