Colorado Experience
Ludlow Massacre
Season 1 Episode 107 | 28m 21sVideo has Closed Captions
Examine the bloody history of Colorado coal miners’ struggle for workers’ rights.
One of the most significant events in the struggle for labor laws in America played out in Las Animas County in the Spring of 1914. With the control of much of Colorado’s coal mines in the hands of just a few companies, miners grew increasingly intolerant of low wages and dangerous working conditions. Over the next few months, tensions escalated as the striking miners ransacked several mines.
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Colorado Experience is a local public television program presented by RMPBS
Colorado Experience
Ludlow Massacre
Season 1 Episode 107 | 28m 21sVideo has Closed Captions
One of the most significant events in the struggle for labor laws in America played out in Las Animas County in the Spring of 1914. With the control of much of Colorado’s coal mines in the hands of just a few companies, miners grew increasingly intolerant of low wages and dangerous working conditions. Over the next few months, tensions escalated as the striking miners ransacked several mines.
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