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#22 Whose America?, ep. 1: Rough Extraction

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The United Mine Workers of America and the West Virginia Mines

The west virginia mines were the most dangerous in the country. Negotiating higher wages was how the union sold itself to miners everywhere else. The u m w a didn't really get this at first, and so it hindered their organizing efforts. But they were soon to learn the hard way just what the miners of southern west virginia had been dealing with.

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