Journalist Kim Kelly gives us a spooky little roundup of labor actions from gravediggers, embalmers, and coffin makers (oh my!). 

Sources: 
https://proteanmag.com/2021/10/31/picket-lines-in-the-graveyard-a-history-of-cemetery-workers-strikes/
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67168074
https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/dc33-strike-philadelphia-medical-examiners-injunction-20250703.html
https://6abc.com/post/retrieval-dead-bodies-is-being-delayed-due-blue-collar-union-dc33-strike-philadelphia-officials-say/16936166/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/sacrilegious-bodies-piling-up-at-cook-county-morgue/
https://6abc.com/archive/8511845/
https://abc7.com/archive/8719820/
https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/02/archives/workers-strike-funeral-homes-100-establishments-hit-in-the.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/04/archives/state-fails-to-end-embalmers-strike.html
https://thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/2024/08/28/the-coffin-makers-strike-1872/
https://newspapers.bc.edu/?a=d&d=pilot18720622-01.2.22&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-----------------------

Journalist Kim Kelly gives us a spooky little roundup of labor actions from gravediggers, embalmers, and coffin makers (oh my!).&nbsp; Sources:&nbsp;<a href="https://proteanmag.com/2021/10/31/picket-lines-in-the-graveyard-a-history-of-cemetery-workers-strikes/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://proteanmag.com/2021/10/31/picket-lines-in-the-graveyard-a-history-of-cemetery-workers-strikes/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1793221771580000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2lPSRoyX3eeYW3MAnut2qB"></a>
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<li><a href="https://proteanmag.com/2021/10/31/picket-lines-in-the-graveyard-a-history-of-cemetery-workers-strikes/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://proteanmag.com/2021/10/31/picket-lines-in-the-graveyard-a-history-of-cemetery-workers-strikes/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1793221771580000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2lPSRoyX3eeYW3MAnut2qB">https://proteanmag.com/2021/10/31/picket-lines-in-the-graveyard-a-history-of-cemetery-workers-strikes/</a></li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67168074" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67168074&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1793221771580000&amp;usg=AOvVaw36inBGtwBDr81sNfdxROMH">https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67168074</a></li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/dc33-strike-philadelphia-medical-examiners-injunction-20250703.html" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/dc33-strike-philadelphia-medical-examiners-injunction-20250703.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1793221771580000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0NJUBKAMgntOYXdxWESbNN">https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/dc33-strike-philadelphia-medical-examiners-injunction-20250703.html</a></li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://6abc.com/post/retrieval-dead-bodies-is-being-delayed-due-blue-collar-union-dc33-strike-philadelphia-officials-say/16936166/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://6abc.com/post/retrieval-dead-bodies-is-being-delayed-due-blue-collar-union-dc33-strike-philadelphia-officials-say/16936166/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1793221771580000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1OXn_hz7xrTYp_2ZCU6veX">https://6abc.com/post/retrieval-dead-bodies-is-being-delayed-due-blue-collar-union-dc33-strike-philadelphia-officials-say/16936166/</a></li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/sacrilegious-bodies-piling-up-at-cook-county-morgue/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/sacrilegious-bodies-piling-up-at-cook-county-morgue/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1793221771580000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2vN0wY4Slb1-TGTvMzuy8o">https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/sacrilegious-bodies-piling-up-at-cook-county-morgue/</a></li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://6abc.com/archive/8511845/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://6abc.com/archive/8511845/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1793221771580000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3oQuaLig-hhUf-qaaFoYT2">https://6abc.com/archive/8511845/</a></li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://abc7.com/archive/8719820/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://abc7.com/archive/8719820/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1793221771580000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3wSufYkbAgmUAvPzXV-DCV">https://abc7.com/archive/8719820/</a></li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/02/archives/workers-strike-funeral-homes-100-establishments-hit-in-the.html" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/02/archives/workers-strike-funeral-homes-100-establishments-hit-in-the.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1793221771580000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0aVgSlR4Ju8jOMCRkWT3Qp">https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/02/archives/workers-strike-funeral-homes-100-establishments-hit-in-the.html</a></li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/04/archives/state-fails-to-end-embalmers-strike.html" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/04/archives/state-fails-to-end-embalmers-strike.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1793221771580000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3Rw5qGyZInoNseixpIy0i6">https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/04/archives/state-fails-to-end-embalmers-strike.html</a></li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/2024/08/28/the-coffin-makers-strike-1872/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/2024/08/28/the-coffin-makers-strike-1872/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1793221771580000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2lJQE1rAgJTb7QLtHcFl5L">https://thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/2024/08/28/the-coffin-makers-strike-1872/</a></li>
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It Could Happen Here started as an exploration of the possibility of a new civil war. Now a daily show, it's evolved into a chronicle of collapse as it happens, and an exploration of how we might build a better future. Every day Robert Evans, Garrison Davis, Mia Wong, and James Stout take you on a jaunty walk through the burning ruins of the old world and towards a better one that lays just on the horizon.

It Could Happen Here started as an exploration of the possibility of a new civil war. Now a daily show, it's evolved into a chronicle of collapse as it happens, and an exploration of how we might build a better future. Every day Robert Evans, Garrison Davis, Mia Wong, and James Stout take you on a jaunty walk through the burning ruins of the old world and towards a better one that lays just on the horizon.

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Kim Kelly's Morbid Labor Tales 

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