A high-school graduate with a union job at the nuclear-power plant required little technical skill, supported a family of five. A home, a car, food, regular doctor’s appointments, and enough left over for plenty of beer at the local bar were all attainable on a single working-class salary.
Here are the places you can find visual tributes to Martin Luther King Jr. And take a self guided tour.
Take a self-guided tour of MLK art in Columbus
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Here are the places you can find visual tributes to Martin Luther King Jr.It’s playoff time, and there is no better way to watch the game than with union-made snacks and drinks. When you buy union-made, you’re supporting union jobs in our communities and across the nation. These jobs provide living wages and benefits, safe working conditions and dignity and respect at work.
Today in automotive history in 1914, Ford Motor raises its daily pay from $2.34 a day for a 9 hour day to $5.00, due to grueling workloads and high turnover of employees.Today in automotive history in 1914, Ford Motor raises its daily pay from $2.34 a day for a 9 hour day to $5.00, due to grueling workloads and high turnover of employees. The pay was broken up to half pay and half bonus if the employee conformed with the “American way” of life, having management visit homes to make sure workers were complying, by learning English and curtailing vices.
