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Short Stories. Early October, 1923

EARLIEST BUILDING STRIKE ON RECORD

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Labor troubles in the building trades are not as modern as most people think. A recently discovered Egyptian inscription records the fact that the laborers employed on one of the pyramids struck and refused to go on with the work unless their daily ration of onions was increased. They won the strike.

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