How Lebanon County strikebreakers helped end historic Hershey strike
This sign on Cocoa Avenue in Hershey commemorates the historic 1937 sit-down strike. (Daniel Walmer/Lebanon Daily News)
A daring 1937 sit-down strike put Milton Hershey’s thriving Chocolate empire in an unwanted national spotlight – until strikebreakers organized in Lebanon County put an end to it.
The chocolate magnate had always prided himself on treating his employees well, and he generally did, providing above-average wages, and pensions and health insurance plans that were ahead of their time,
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