On this day in 1927, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) called a strike of all mine workers, which was quickly heeded in Colorado. Nearly all the mines in Colorado were closed, and the dozen still open did so using imported scab labor. For the still-operating Columbine mine, scab workers were housed in Serene, which was fortified with barbed wire on the fences and armed guards.

Mass rallies had been held by workers outside the Columbine mine in Serene for several weeks and, on the morning of November 21st, miners and their families were fired upon by a militia of ex-police, armed with machine guns and tear gas. Six people were killed, and the event became known as the "Columbine Massacre".

The owner of the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company, Josephine Roche, brought an end to the strike several weeks after the incident at Columbine by declaring that the company union was to be affiliated with the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and recognizing the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA). The backbone of IWW support in the Colorado mines was broken, and the revolutionary union went into decline.

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  • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Can I vent for a second? My family "friend" that my mom used to work with is useless. She's always swearing up and down how much she wants to help me but when I actually need help, whoa like magic she's suddenly busy! It's so cynical and she does such a bad job at hiding it too. I needed a ride to go pick my meds up this morning and sure enough by golly she's magically out of town! Whoa what a coincidence! Mind you this lady, the furthest she goes is just down the road for treats or the grocery store she works at. Now all of the sudden when I need help she's a big time traveler. And I know what's going on. She's been talking to my aunt who hates me and has her ear on facebook, boomer paradise. My aunt no doubt is telling her not to help me, it's so sick, I can't believe fucking boomers, I really can't. I know inter-generational fighting is liberalism but boomers just never cease to amaze me over how dumb and callous they are. People who had life handed to them on a silver platter and their miserable fucks who hate the world and everyone in it. Also want to add that whenever I stop by the store she works at she rushes out to great me and tell me how good I look and shit, like she's desperate for people to like her and yet she's just a selfish person, it's so two-faced.

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