November 07, 2024
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Comments for: Samuel Gompers visited Maine to encourage lobstermen’s union

Lobstermen are sometimes portrayed as rugged individualists, too independent to take group action even for their own good. A century ago, however, Vinalhaven men put that stereotype to the test when they started the nation’s first union for lobstermen. The effort attracted the attention of the country’s leading… Read More

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