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On June 21st and 22nd of 1922, one of the deadliest labor disputes in U.S. history unfolded in Herrin and neighboring areas on the southeast side of town.

This month marks the 100th anniversary of one of the deadliest labor disputes in the country. Striking coal miners in the town of Herrin clashed with men brought in to operate a local mine. The situation escalated and soon turned violent. In the end, nearly two dozen people were killed, most of them strikebreakers. We look back on a dark chapter in the history of organized labor and southern Illinois.

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It is 1922 in Southern Illinois, and you are a hard man. Life has been hard, with hot summer days|summer days without a breeze and in winter cold|winter...

These Are the Most Unionized States in America By Ellen Dewitt, Stacker News On 5/6/21 at 8:00 PM EDT NanoStockk/Getty Images Unions spent the first half of the 20th century transforming a massive industrial peasantry into the American middle class. In the second half of the 20th century, big business fought back by pressing for so-called "right-to-work" laws, which dilute the influence of labor unions and their power of collective bargaining. The right-to-work campaign has been an unmitigated success for big business. Union memberships plummet wherever these laws exist, weakening the prim...