May 09
Japanese workers strike at Oahu, Hawaii’s Aiea Plantation, demanding the
same pay as Portugese and Puerto Rican workers. Ultimately 7,000
workers and their families remained out until August, when the strike
was broken - 1909
Legendary Western Federation of Miners leader William “Big Bill”
Haywood goes on trial for murder in the bombing death of former Idaho
governor Frank Steunenberg, who had brutally suppressed the state’s
miners. Haywood ultimately was declared innocent - 1907
Longshoremen’s strike to gain control of hiring leads to general work stoppage, San Francisco Bay area - 1934
Hollywood studio mogul Louis B. Mayer recognizes the Screen Actors
Guild. SAG leaders reportedly were bluffing when they told Mayer that
99 percent of all actors would walk out the next morning unless he dealt
with the union. Some 5,000 actors attended a victory gathering the
following day at Hollywood Legion Stadium; a day later, SAG membership
increased 400 percent - 1937
[Drawing the Line: The Untold Story of the Animation Unions
tells the fascinating story of Hollywood animators, from the early days of
Betty Boop and Popeye to today’s world of Pixar. Author Tom Sito describes
fighting for unionism during the era of virulent anti-Communism in Hollywood,
in which if an artist stood up against management he or she was labeled a Red.
And he talks about the present day, in which big business is – no surprise here
– sending work offshore to artists’ sweatshops. In the UCS bookstore now.]
United Auto Workers President Walter Reuther and his wife May die in a
plane crash as they travel to oversee construction of the union’s
education and training facility at Black Lake, Mich. - 1971
4,000 garment workers, mostly Hispanic, strike for union recognition at the Farah Mfg. Co. in El Paso, Tex. - 1972
SOURCE: Union Communications Services, Inc.
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