On this Day and Working Class History the thirtieth of December and on the thirtieth of December nineteen thirty, indigenous workers on the Paseo Hacienda in the northern Ecuadorial Highlands went on strike and were joined by others working nearby, demanding better pay and conditions. They attacked the main hassienda house and forced local officials to flee. The government sent in troops to arrest strike leaders and destroy their houses,
but the workers held firm and one concessions. More importantly, it helped spark a wave of rural protest in the country. And the sources maps and all of our anniversaries each day.
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