Keokuk before the strike

<p>In 1970, a strike by school workers in Keokuk, Iowa sent shockwaves through the state and jump-started a movement for collective bargaining rights for Iowa’s public-sector workers. Our story of this explosive event in a little industrial town on the Mississippi River comes to us from the <a href='https://www.iowalaborhistory.org/speaking-of-work-podcast'>Speaking of Work</a> podcast, which goes back to the 1950s and 1960s to explore the roots of the Keokuk strike. Episodes 2 and 3 are available now! Music this week by <a href='https://www.grimmreality.net/'>Matthew Grimm</a>. And on this week’s <a href='https://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/'>Labor History in 2:00</a>… The year was 1934. That was the day National Guard troops in Minneapolis raided Teamsters local 574 headquarters.</p> <p>Produced by Chris Garlock. To contribute a labor history item, email <a href='mailto:laborhistorytoday@gmail.com'>laborhistorytoday@gmail.com</a></p> <p>Labor History Today is produced by the Metro Washington Council’s Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University.</p> <p>#LaborRadioPod #History #WorkingClass #ClassStruggle @GeorgetownKILWP #LaborHistory @UMDMLA @ILLaborHistory @SpeakingWork @grimmreality</p>