Louis Tikas

Some of the largest labor protests can be found in the textbooks.  Students often study the Great Railroad Strike,  Haymarket Riot and the Homestead Strike.  Here is another tragic labor revolt in 1914 that is often overlooked.  In the Sangre de Christos Mountains of Colorado,  the Union of Mine Workers organized a large labor strike in 1913.  They fought for safer working conditions and workers rights.  The struggle led to the murder of the union leader Louis Tikas and a massacre of innocent families.  Read about in the Ludlow Article.