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1. My husband grew up in a small mining town in Minnesota and he told me about the unions then.
Sun Nov 20, 2022, 08:10 AM
Nov 2022

Union made sure this small town had the best school facilities with indoor olympic sized pools and well outfitted libraries and wood shops that the parents could use during the evenings. The union made sure the mines also paid for all books and supplies for the kids. When there were on strike the union made sure families still had food and clothes including for widows. The mines also paid for Jr college and trade schools thanks to the unions. His dad worked very hard in the mine, but it gave his children (2nd generation Americans) a better life than he had.)

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