Best Deborah Samson Podcasts (2025)

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December 17 - The Fighting Deborah Samson 1:59

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On this day in labor history the year was 1760. That was the day Deborah Samson was born in Plympton, Massachusetts. She was the first known woman to impersonate a man in order to fight in the Revolutionary War. Her family was poor. As a girl, young Deborah, became an indentured servant.By The Rick Smith Show

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December 24 - A Very Tragic Christmas 1:59

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On this day in labor history the year was 1913. That tragic Christmas Eve, came to be known as the Italian Hall Disaster in Calumet, Michigan. A Christmas party was being held for children of striking copper miners.By The Rick Smith Show

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December 23 - The Right to Boycott 1:59

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On this day in labor history the year was 1908. That was the day that three leaders of the American Federation of Labor, Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell, and Frank Morrison, were sentenced to jail terms for calling for a Boycott against Bucks Stove & Range.By The Rick Smith Show

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December 22 - The Big Apple Comes to a Standstill 1:59

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On this day in labor history the year was 2005. At 2:35 that afternoon the Transport Workers Union in New York City called an end to their three-day strike. The union represented 34,000 workers who kept the cities buses and subways running.By The Rick Smith Show

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December 21 - The Santa Maria School Massacre 1:59

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On this day in labor history the year was 1907. At 3:45 that afternoon the Chilean military opened machine gun fire on a school occupied by striking workers. It is estimated that between one and three thousand people died that day in what came to be known as the Santa Maria School Massacre.By The Rick Smith Show

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December 20 - The Father of American Manufacturing 1:59

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On this day in labor history the year was 1790. That was the day that work for many living in the new country of the United States began to change in a significant way. Samuel Slater operated the first cotton spindle machine to spin yarn in the U.S in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The 48-spindle machine ran on the water power of Pawtucket Falls.…

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December 19 - Greyhound Strike Ends in Bitter Defeat 1:59

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On this day in labor history the year was 1983. That was the day that a bitter national strike of Greyhound Workers came to a close. Nearly 13,000 bus drivers, mechanics and clerks had gone on strike. They were members of the Amalgamated Transit Union.By The Rick Smith Show

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December 18 - The Struggling Heartbeat of America 1:59

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On this day in labor history the year was 1991. That was the day that thousands of workers at in U.S. General motor factories got some very bad news. The company’s CEO Robert Stampel announced that GM would eliminate 74,000 jobs and close 21 plants. The company was struggling.By The Rick Smith Show

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December 16 - The Willmar 8 1:59

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On this day in labor history the year was 1977. That was the day that eight women in Willmar, Minnesota stood up for their rights in the work place. The women worked at Willmar Citizens National Bank. These women were paid considerably less than the male employees.By The Rick Smith Show

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December 15 - The Death of a Courageous Leader 1:59

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On this day in labor history the year was 2005. That was the day the labor movement lost a man who was willing to go to jail to fight for the rights of working people. Clinton Jenks was born in Colorado Springs in 1918. He learned of labor consciousness from his father, a postal worker.By The Rick Smith Show

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December 14 - Austerity No More! Workers Strike Back! 1:59

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On this day in labor history the year was 1990. That was the day that 20,000 workers in the city of Fez in the North African country of Morocco went out on strike. Austerity measures had hit the country’s working people hard during the 1980's. A drought had made the situation even worse.By The Rick Smith Show

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December 13 - Remembering Samuel Gompers 1:59

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On this day in labor history the year was 1924. That was the day that long-time leader of the American Federation of Labor, Samuel Gompers, died. Gompers was born to a Jewish family in England. He was a cigar-maker by trade.By The Rick Smith Show

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December 12 - The Lights Return 1:59

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On this day in labor history the year was 1964. That was the day that half of the labor force of France ended a strike that had ground the country to a halt. The strike started on December 10. It is estimated that nine million people participated in the work action.By The Rick Smith Show

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December 11 - The Colored Farmers’ Alliance and Cooperative Union 1:59

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On this day in labor history the year was 1886. That was the day that black farmers formed the Colored Farmers’ Alliance and Cooperative Union in Houston County, Texas. The Southern Farmers Alliance would not allow black membersBy The Rick Smith Show

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December 10 - The First Sit-Down Strike 1:59

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On this day in Labor History the year was 1906. That was the day the workers at a General Electric plant in Schenectady, New York organized a sit-down strike. It is considered to be perhaps the first time the sit-down tactic was used in the United States.By The Rick Smith Show

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December 9 - The Founding of the Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor 1:59

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On this day in Labor History the year was 1869. That was the day a new union, named the Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor was founded. It started in Philadelphia as a secret society of tailors. But soon the Knights expanded to workers in other trades.By The Rick Smith Show

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December 8 - NAFTA is Signed 1:59

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On this day in Labor History the year was 1993. That was the day that President Bill Clinton signed the North American Free Trade Agreement into law. The stated aim of NAFTA was to increase trade between the United States, Mexico and Canada.By The Rick Smith Show

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December 7 - The Bonus Army 1:59

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On this day in Labor History the year was 1931. That was the day that protesters staged a hunger march on Washington, D.C. 1,600 protesters took part in the march.By The Rick Smith Show

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December 6 - Driving Towards Change 1:59

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On this day in Labor History the year was 1897. London became the world’s first city to license motorized taxicabs. More than a century later, cab service has seen many changes. Today taxi drivers are an important sector of workers trying to win union recognition.By The Rick Smith Show

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December 5 - The AFL & CIO Merge 1:59

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On this day in Labor History the year was 1955. That was the day the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged to become the AFL-CIO. The American Federation of Labor was a confederation of unions can that trace its history all the way back to just after the Civil War, in 1866.…

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December 4 - Solidarity in the Fields 1:59

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Would you go to jail for justice for working people? Over the years many in the labor movement have had to make that decision. Such was the case for Cesar Chavez. On this day in labor history the year was 1970. Chavez, the head of the United Farm Workers, was jailed for twenty days for refusing to end a lettuce boycott.…

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December 3 - Dissenters Jailed 1:59

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On this day in Labor History the year was 1916. That was the day that seven Australian members of the Industrial Workers of the World were sentenced to fifteen years in prison for their antiwar efforts during World War I. Other IWW members were sentenced to as many as five and ten years each.By The Rick Smith Show

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December 2 - Caught, This Time 1:59

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On this day in Labor History the year was 2009. That was the day that Wal-Mart agreed to pay $40 million to over 87,000 current and former employees in Massachusetts. This was the largest class action settlement in the state’s historyBy The Rick Smith Show

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December 1 - Sitting to Start a Movement 1:59

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On this day in Labor History the year was 1955. That was the day that Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. With that action she helped to launch the Civil Rights Movement.By The Rick Smith Show

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November 30 - A Budget for the People 1:59

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On this day in Labor History the year was 1909. That was day the British House of Lords rejected the “People’s Budget.” The proposed budget plan was a product of the Liberal government headed by Prime Minister H.H. Asquith. This budget was championed by Chancellor of the Exchequer, David Lloyd George and the President of the Board of Trade, a young…

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December 17 - The Fighting Deborah Samson 1:59

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December 24 - A Very Tragic Christmas 1:59

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December 23 - The Right to Boycott 1:59

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December 22 - The Big Apple Comes to a Standstill 1:59

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December 21 - The Santa Maria School Massacre 1:59

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December 20 - The Father of American Manufacturing 1:59

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December 19 - Greyhound Strike Ends in Bitter Defeat 1:59

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December 18 - The Struggling Heartbeat of America 1:59

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December 16 - The Willmar 8 1:59

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December 15 - The Death of a Courageous Leader 1:59

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December 14 - Austerity No More! Workers Strike Back! 1:59

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December 13 - Remembering Samuel Gompers 1:59

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December 12 - The Lights Return 1:59

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December 11 - The Colored Farmers’ Alliance and Cooperative Union 1:59

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December 10 - The First Sit-Down Strike 1:59

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December 9 - The Founding of the Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor 1:59

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December 8 - NAFTA is Signed 1:59

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December 7 - The Bonus Army 1:59

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December 6 - Driving Towards Change 1:59

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December 5 - The AFL & CIO Merge 1:59

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