9 July 1919: Allentown bartenders strike
On this day, 9 July 1919, bartenders in Allentown, Pennsylvania, went on strike to impress on citizens the "horrors" of prohibition which was due to be introduced. There was a working class movement of hundreds of thousands called "No beer, no work" which aimed to stop prohibition with strike action. However this is the only actual strike we are aware of.
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Speaker 1: On this Day and Working Class History the ninth of July.
And on the ninth of July nineteen nineteen, bartenders in Allentown,
Pennsylvania went on strike to impress on citizens the quote
horrors of prohibition, which was due to be introduced. At
the time. There was a working class movement of hundreds
of thousands of people called No Beer, No Work, which
aimed to stop prohibition with strike action. However, this is
the only actual strike which took place we are aware of.
We've reproduced artwork from the movement to help fund out work.
Check it out on the link in the show notes.
Speaker 2: And the sources maps and all of our anniversaries each day.
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Speaker 1: Links in the show notes. Theme music by Decarto Arrea.
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