{"podcast":{"title":"On This Day in Working Class History","slug":"on-this-day-in-working-class-history-6766530","podcast_index_feed_id":6766530,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6070772/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://workingclasshistory.com/","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/6d8396c2dee8efae4fb6e6f06be1aa9a.jpg","author":"Working Class History","episode_count":868,"summary":"Daily briefings of On This Day people's history anniversaries every day of the year. From the Working Class History team. Help support our work by joining us on patreon and accessing exclusive content and benefits: patreon.com/workingclasshistory","last_synced_at":"2026-06-30T14:17:22.340057+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-this-day-in-working-class-history-6766530"},"episode":{"title":"10 May 1941: strike of the 100,000","slug":"10-may-1941-strike-of-the-100-000","published_at":"2026-05-10T04:05:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-this-day-in-working-class-history-6766530/10-may-1941-strike-of-the-100-000","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-this-day-in-working-class-history-6766530","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/10-may-1941-strike-of-the-100-000--71869071","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71869071/05_10_1941_strike_of_the_100_000.mp3","summary":"On this day, 10 May 1941, the Strike of the 100,000 took place in Nazi-occupied Belgium, on the first anniversary of the German invasion. Beginning in a steelworks in East Belgium, tens of thousands walked out, forcing authorities to grant an 8% pay increase, before arresting hundreds of strikers and sending many to the concentration camps. More information, sources and map: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8227/strike-of-the-100,000-begins Our work is only possible because of support from you, our listeners on patreon . If you appreciate our work, please join us and access exclusive content and benefits at patreon.com/workingclasshistory . See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingclasshistory.com/date/today Browse all Stories by Date here on the Date index: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/date Check out our Map of historical Stories: https://map.workingclasshistory.com Check out books, posters, clothing and more in our online store, here: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com If you enjoy this podcast, make sure to check out our flagship longform podcast, Working Class History","meta_description":"On this day, 10 May 1941, the Strike of the 100,000 took place in Nazi-occupied Belgium, on the first anniversary of the German invasion. Beginning in a s…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":71,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/on-this-day-in-working-class-history-6766530/episodes/10-may-1941-strike-of-the-100-000/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-this-day-in-working-class-history-6766530/10-may-1941-strike-of-the-100-000.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}