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Workers in 1940s R.J.R. labor strikes to gain honor FridayÂ
On May 8, the Forsyth County Historic Resources Commission will unveil a historic marker remembering the R.J.R. labor strikes in the 1940s. The markers honor members of Local 22 of the Food, Tobacco, Agricultural, and Allied Workers-Congress of Industrial Organizations (FTA-CIO). In 1943, African-American leaf workers initiated a sit-down strike at R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. […]