Post B8mDOJ99eCLmtsoe3s by snowyfox@deadinsi.de
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 (DIR) Post #B8dxbjD09FRpfg7aam by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
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       @davidcelis you were way too nice
       
 (DIR) Post #B8mDOItCbVae6PLuCG by grumble209@kolektiva.social
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       @davidcelis In 1908, that was all the rage here in Spokane, Washington.  Booming lumber business in the area, but if you wanted a job, well, you had to pay a recruiter.Except a bunch of the "recruiters" would take your money and send you out to a logging camp where there weren't actually any jobs.  haha!Riots ensued, with property damage(!).  The Spokane city counsel made gathering on the streets illegal(!).  The IWW got involved.  Hundreds and hundreds of men (and some women) went to jail.  Eventually free speech won, and the paid recruiters left town.  If you've never heard the story, don't be ashamed.  I'm from Spokane, and it's not like they teach stories like this to children in school.  And it happened here! I only learned US labor history after being a manager in a big company that trained us managers on how bad unions are.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_speech_fight#Spokane_free_speech_fight
       
 (DIR) Post #B8mDOJ99eCLmtsoe3s by snowyfox@deadinsi.de
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