Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Today in Labor History

April 25

The New York Times declares the struggle for an eight-hour workday to be “un-American” and calls public demonstrations for the shorter hours “labor disturbances brought about by foreigners.” Other publications declare that an eight-hour workday day would bring about “loafing and gambling, rioting, debauchery and drunkenness” - 1886

IWW Marine Transport Workers begin West Coast strike - 1923

The Rev. Ralph David Abernathy and 100 others are arrested while picketing a Charleston, S.C. hospital in a demand for union recognition - 1969

Supreme Court rules that employers may not require female employees to make larger contributions to pension plans in order to obtain the same monthly benefits as men - 1978


 SOURCE: Union Communications Services, Inc.
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1 comment:

  1. Marine flooring9:02 PM

    The deforestation of hardwood timber forests is taking place faster than any regeneration efforts underway.

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