Five hundred Japanese and 200 Mexican laborers unite to fight the labor contractor responsible for hiring at the American Beet Sugar Co. in Oxnard, Calif. They ultimately win higher wages and the right to shop at stores not owned by the company - 1903
Mary Harris “Mother” Jones is arrested while leading a protest of conditions in West Virginia mines. She was 83 years old at the time - 1913
(Mother Jones Speaks: Speeches and Writings: Admirers and students of Mother Jones will want this comprehensive collection of her speeches, letters, articles, interviews and testimony before Congressional committees. In her own words, this brave and determined heroine to millions of workers, active from the end of the Civil War until shortly before her death in 1930, explains her life, her mission, her passion on behalf of working people.)
Fifteen thousand rubber workers strike in Akron, Ohio, protesting speed-up - 1913
The Seattle General Strike ends after six days. Some 65,000 workers struck for higher pay after two years of World War I wage controls - 1919
“White Shirt Day” at UAW-represented GM plants. Union members are encouraged to wear white shirts, marking the anniversary of the 1937 sitdown strike that gave the union bargaining rights at the automaker. The mission: send a message that “blue collar” workers deserve the same respect as their management counterparts. One of the day’s traditional rules: Don’t get your shirt any dirtier than the boss gets his. The 44-day strike was won in 1937 but the tradition didn’t begin until 1948, at the suggestion of Local 598 member Bert Christenson - 1948
Some
1,300 sanitation workers begin what is to become a 64-day strike in
Memphis, ultimately win union recognition and wage increases. The April 4
assassination in Memphis of Martin Luther King Jr., who had been taking
an active role in mass meetings and street actions, brought pressure on
the city to settle the strike - 1968Wisconsin Governer Scott Walker announces he will call out the National Guard, if necessary, to deal with any "unrest" among state employees in the wake of his decision to unilaterally end nearly all collective bargaining rights for the workers - 2011
February
11, 1937 - The Great Sit Down Strike in Flint at the Fisher Body #1 and
#2 plants ends with the first contract between General Motors and the
UAW. ~De
“White Shirt Day” at UAW-represented GM plants. Union members are encouraged to wear white shirts, marking the anniversary of the 1937 sitdown strike that gave the union bargaining rights at the automaker. The mission: send a message that “blue collar” workers deserve the same respect as their management counterparts. One of the day’s traditional rules: Don’t get your shirt any dirtier than the boss gets his. The 44-day strike was won in 1937 but the tradition didn’t begin until 1948, at the suggestion of Local 598 member Bert Christenson - 1948
February 11, 1948 - As a result of a suggestion from Bert Christensen, a member of the Education Committee, Local 598 members begin what has become a UAW tradition, honoring those who sat down in 1936-37 (the Great Sit-Down strike) by wearing white shirts into work on the day that the first UAW-GM agreement was reached. Brother Chistensen felt that by wearing white shirts (traditionally worn by management) we would show that we were as good as white collar workers and also when management walked up and down the factory floor and saw everyone wearing white shirts , it would demonstrate the strength and unity of UAW workers, as well as the dignity of all UAW working men and women.
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