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UNITED

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ARMY OF ONE 05:30

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IN 1894, RAIL WORKERS STAGED STRIKES THAT BECAME A TURNING POINT FOR U.S. LABOR LAW.

THE PULLMAN STRIKE IN ILLINOIS TURNED INTO A NATIONWIDE BOYCOTT. WHEN THE STRIKERS REFUSED TO STOP, THE PRESIDENT ORDERED IN THE MILITARY. PROPERTY WAS DESTROYED, AND TROOPS VIOLENTLY ATTACKED STRIKING WORKERS. 30 STRIKERS WERE KILLED AND 57 WERE WOUNDED, WITH ANOTHER ESTIMATED 40 KILLED IN OTHER STATES.

IN AN EFFORT TO CONCILIATE ORGANIZED LABOR AFTER THE STRIKE, THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS DESIGNATED LABOR DAY AS A FEDERAL HOLIDAY. LEGISLATION FOR THE HOLIDAY WAS PUSHED THROUGH SIX DAYS AFTER THE STRIKE ENDED.

THE STRIKE LENT IMPETUS TO LABOR REFORMERS AND LED DIRECTLY TO THE PROGRESSIVE ERA, AND WORKING-CLASS SOLIDARITY THAT SHOOK THE STRUCTURES OF POWER. THIS STILL EXISTS OVER 100 YEARS LATER, ECHOING IN ACTIONS HAPPENING IN THE SUMMER OF 2023.

[WASTE MGT DOES NOT APPROVE OF THE ABOVE SENTIMENT.]

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released September 4, 2023

CD RELEASED BY LOVE EARTH MUSIC (www.loveearthmusic.com)

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COMPACTOR New York, New York

COMPACTOR is an interconnected set of mostly obsolete machinery that is manipulated by an anonymous, representational figure known as The Worker, for the Waste MGT corporation. The machinery creates largely atonal and often rhythmic audio, a soundtrack to the daily grind. Each Audio Work Document has a different subject and corresponding sonic focus, often some aspect of work and/or technology. ... more

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