June 6

U.S. President Harry S Truman and American Federation of Musicians President James Petrillo perform a piano duet at the union’s convention in Asbury Park, NJ. – 1948

 Also on this date: U.S. Employment Service created. General strike by some 12,000 autoworkers and others in Lansing, Mich. shuts down the city for a month in what was to become known as the city’s “Labor Holiday”. Labor Party founding convention opens in Cleveland, Ohio.

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