The B&O Railroad Strike of 1877

Published June 11, 2015 at 5:51 PM EDT

Today’s debates on labor issues like the minimum wage, equal pay, and trade agreements are not new. Did you know that Baltimore hosted the first national strike in U.S History? Here to tell us more about the B&O Railroad Strike of 1877 is Bill Barry, labor historian, author and former Director of the Labor Studies Department at CCBC.