Radio station WEVD, named for Eugene V. Debs, goes on the air in New York City, operated by The Forward Association as a memorial to the labor and socialist leader - 1927
Founding of the American Federation of Government Employees, following a decision by the National Federation of Federal Employees (later to become part of the Intl. Assn. of Machinists) to leave the AFL - 1932
August 17
IWW War Trials in Chicago, 95 go to prison for up to 20 years - 1918
Bakery & Confectionery Workers International Union of America merges with Tobacco Workers International Union to become Bakery, Confectionery & Tobacco Workers - 1978
Year-long Hormel meatpackers' strike begins in Austin, Minn. - 1985
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Today in #LaborHistory: Aug 17 -via- unionist.com
Year-long Hormel meatpackers' strike begins in Austin, Minn. - 1985
"When the new plant opened in 1982, work was reorganized, production lines were sped up, and injury rates skyrocketed. ...
Year-long Hormel meatpackers' strike begins in Austin, Minn. - 1985
"When the new plant opened in 1982, work was reorganized, production lines were sped up, and injury rates skyrocketed. ...
Workers' complaints were rebuffed by management." - from http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2010/rachleff210810.html
"We saw a Democratic governor send in troops to break the strike—but heard no criticisms of him from the labor leadership. We saw local and state police and the National Guard violate Austin citizens' rights to free speech and peaceful assembly." - from http://www.dollarsandsense.org/archives/2000/0900rachleff.html
"In their collective defiance of the heads of the UFCW International Union, the Hormel strikers have raised the question, Who shall run the labor movement, the careerist, top-down hierarchy of the AFL-CIO-type unions, or the rank and file whose lives are directly affected?" - from http://www.iww.org/en/about/how-iww-differs-business-unions/TWetzel1
"We saw a Democratic governor send in troops to break the strike—but heard no criticisms of him from the labor leadership. We saw local and state police and the National Guard violate Austin citizens' rights to free speech and peaceful assembly." - from http://www.dollarsandsense.org/archives/2000/0900rachleff.html
"In their collective defiance of the heads of the UFCW International Union, the Hormel strikers have raised the question, Who shall run the labor movement, the careerist, top-down hierarchy of the AFL-CIO-type unions, or the rank and file whose lives are directly affected?" - from http://www.iww.org/en/about/how-iww-differs-business-unions/TWetzel1
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