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Saturday Jun 11, 2022
June 11 - The Banana Massacre
Saturday Jun 11, 2022
Saturday Jun 11, 2022
On this day in Labor History the year was 1913. Police in New Orleans shot at maritime workers striking against the United Fruit Company.
Two workers were wounded. A third laid dead in the street. At the time of the strike the port in New Orleans was one of the busiest U.S. ports for importing bananas.
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