"gboozell at juno.com" wrote:
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> Don't forget about the United Mine Workers though. They
> were very strong in the first half of the 20th century and
> most of their members lived in rural areas.
If you want to go _way_ back, my great uncle organized sheepherders in Montana for the IWW. And there is an IWW song which speaks most unkindly of "John Farmer."
Carrol