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FDL: When the Socialists and Anarchists Came to Town in 1912

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On November 1, 2007 fifty-one workers at the Redco plant in my old hometown of Little Falls, New York went on strike in response to a company decision to deny new workers the kind of health and pension benefits that had made Redco, and its predecessor companies, desirable places for lifelong employment. Located on the tiny island where Christian Hansen first began to manufacture 'Junket' custard in 1891, the plant was sold to Salada in 1958, then to Kellogg in 1969, and in 1988 to a German-based transnational, the Teekanne Group.

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This Quick Link is a nice stroll down history lane, Robert. by GLloyd Rowsey on Tuesday, Jan 18, 2011 at 12:22:01 AM