July 16 -- Union Communications Services, Inc.
Ten thousand workers strike Chicago's Int’l Harvester operations - 1919
Martial law declared in strike by longshoremen in Galveston, Texas - 1920
San Francisco Longshoreman's strike spreads, becomes 4-day general strike - 1934
July 16, 1892: Labor leader, socialist, and editor
Frank Crosswaith is born. Crosswaith worked to organize black workers,
serving as chair of the Harlem Labor Center and Negro Labor Committee
for many years. He also worked as an organizer for the Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car Porters and International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
for over thirty years. Crosswaith died in 1965.
Ten thousand workers strike Chicago's Int’l Harvester operations - 1919
Martial law declared in strike by longshoremen in Galveston, Texas - 1920
San Francisco Longshoreman's strike spreads, becomes 4-day general strike - 1934July 16, 1892: Labor leader, socialist, and editor Frank Crosswaith is born. Crosswaith worked to organize black workers, serving as chair of the Harlem Labor Center and Negro Labor Committee for many years. He also worked as an organizer for the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union for over thirty years. Crosswaith died in 1965.
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