June 20
The American Railway Union, headed by Eugene Debs, is founded in
Chicago. In the Pullman strike a year later, the union was defeated by
federal injunctions and troops, and Debs was imprisoned for violating
the injunctions - 1893
Henry Ford recognizes the United Auto Workers, signs contract for workers at River Rouge plant – 1941
[Contract Bargaining Handbook for Local Union Leaders: This
nuts-and-bolts handbook gives union negotiators specific instructions on
bargaining for pay, fringes and other terms and conditions of employment.
Summaries and checklists guide you through the process as you learn to
recognize the strengths and weaknesses of the employer, find your best strike
and no-strike alternatives, avoid impasse, use third-party mediation and more.
In the UCS bookstore now.]
Striking African American auto workers are attacked by KKK, National
Workers League, and armed white workers at Belle Isle amusement park in
Detroit. Two days of riots follow, 34 people are killed, more than
1,300 arrested - 1943
The Taft-Hartley Labor Management Relations Act, curbing strikes, is
vetoed by President Harry S Truman. The veto was overridden three days
later by a Republican-controlled Congress – 1947
Oil began traveling through the Alaska pipeline. Seventy thousand
people worked on building the pipeline, history's largest
privately-financed construction project – 1977
Evelyn Dubrow, described by the New York Times as organized
labor's most prominent lobbyist at the time of its greatest power, dies
at age 95. The International Ladies' Garment Workers Union lobbyist
once told the Times that "she trudged so many miles around Capitol Hill
that she wore out 24 pairs of her Size 4 shoes each year." She retired
at age 86 - 2006
SOURCE: Union Communications Services, Inc.
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