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An epic labor strike that devastated Michigan's Copper Country in 1913 haunts the American labor movement to this day. Among the notable elements of that strike was the death of 73 children at a union Christmas party, a tragedy immortalized by Woody Guthrie in his ballad "1913 Massacre." The event remains the deadliest unsolved manslaughter in U.S. history.
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00:03100 years ago, a labor strike was launched in the Copper Country of Michigan.
00:07They were skilled miners. They took pride in the fact that it was a hard occupation.
00:12That strike divided a community, ended in tragedy, and helped change the nation.
00:19This is the story of Red Metal, the Copper Country Strike of 1913.
00:30The Copper Country Strike of 1914
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