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:: Saturday, July 24, 2004 ::
Iron Range's latest labor unrest has plenty of precedent Associated Press
DULUTH, Minn. - Workers' rights and a mistrust of mining companies have been a part of Iron Range culture from the first big miners' strike in 1907 to the current dispute between steelworkers and Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.
Intimidation, physical confrontations, mass marches, spying and shootings marked iron ore labor disputes at the start of the 20th century. And while more recent strikes have been much quieter, the tension still runs high. Strike talk is circulating again on the Range as the United Steelworkers of America contract nears its expiration on July 31.
'I have always said that the (mining) strikes are more violent because the guys who are on strike know how to handle dynamite,' said Bill Beck, a former Duluthian who is a reporter in Indianapolis for Iron Ore and Scrap Price Bulletin. The company-vs.-union attitude is so prevalent on the Iron Range, 'you kind of take it in at your mother's breast.'------------------------------------------- posted 6:32 AM :: reference link ::
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