Knights of Labor strike New York Central railroad, ultimately to be defeated by scabbing - 1890
Nine men and one woman meet in Oakland, Calif. to form what was to become the 230,000-member California School Employees Association, representing school support staff throughout the state - 1927
A fire and resultant loss of oxygen when a high pressure hydraulic line was cut with a torch in a Titan missile silo near Searcy, Ark. killed 53 people, mostly civilian repairmen - 1965
United Papermakers & Paperworkers merge with Int'l Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite & Paper Mill Workers of the US & Canada to become United Paperworkers International Union, now a division of the Steelworkers Union - 1972
73,000 Bell Atlantic workers end a successful two-day strike over wages and limits on contracting out of work - 1998
The United Steelworkers and Amicus, the largest manufacturing union in the United Kingdom, announce formation of a strategic alliance to work on a range of mutual concerns - 2005
SOURCE: Union Communications Services, Inc.
Today in #LaborHistory: Aug 9 -via- unionist.com
Knights of Labor strike New York Central railroad, ultimately to be defeated by scabbing - 1890
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Knights of Labor strike New York Central railroad, ultimately to be defeated by scabbing - 1890
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Virtually no other online info is available on this event .... as always, if anyone has any, please add it ?
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