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<ahref="https://pastdaily.com/2022/04/11/april-11-1947-striking-telephone-operators-labor-and-industrial-peace-calling-for-korean-independence/">Image source: Striking telephone operators. April 1947</a>
Stephen Kerr
1 year ago