TYLER, Texas ( KETK ) – Did you know that the Piney Woods of East Texas and Louisiana were once the site of some of the most violent labor struggles in the region’s history?
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The struggles and labor disputes in KETK’s series East Texas’ Biggest Labor Disputes tell the story of how workers from all different industries fought to keep their jobs, unionize their workplaces, secure wage increases, healthcare benefits and more.
On every Monday and Thursday until Labor Day on Sept. 2, KETK will present one of the eight most consequential chapters in East Texas labor history. Be sure to stay up to date with KETK so you won’t miss the next edition of East Texas’ Biggest Labor Disputes on Thursday, Aug. 15.
1911: The Piney Woods
For two years the Piney Woods of Louisiana and East Texas were rife with a series of strikes that would come to be known as the Louisiana and Texas Lumber War of 1911–1912.
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