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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnti-union? Maybe your in good company May 2, 1933
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May 2, 1911
The first workers compensation law, providing benefits for employees injured in the workplace, was enacted in Wisconsin.
May 2, 1933
Adolph Hitler banned labor unions on his path to power.
Adolf Hitler issued an edict abolishing all labor unions. It was part of his effort to ban any opposition to his rule.
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Anti-union? Maybe your in good company May 2, 1933 (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
May 2015
OP
+100. I'm going to keep this one around definitely, incredible. No, he didn't care for those
appalachiablue
May 2015
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Rod Beauvex
(564 posts)1. This needs to be plastered on billboards.
But most right wingers worship Hitler, so meh.
appalachiablue
(41,143 posts)2. +100. I'm going to keep this one around definitely, incredible. No, he didn't care for those
pesky, rival trade unionists at all, fascists usually don't-
Octafish
(55,745 posts)3. Tax Dodger, too.
Hitler Dodged Taxes, Expert Finds
BBC News
12-17-4
Adolf Hitler spent years dodging taxes, accumulating enormous debts as he led his Nazi party to power, a German tax expert has revealed.
He owed the authorities 405,500 Reichsmarks (6m euros; £4m in today's money) by 1934, when as German chancellor his debts were forgiven.
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The tax office inquired how Hitler had obtained funds to buy a luxury Mercedes car while he was in prison following his abortive 1923 coup attempt.
Hitler replied that he had received a bank loan and the car "is for me just a means to an end".
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4105683.stm
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