June 20 -- Union Communications Services, Inc.
Birth of Albert Parsons, Haymarket martyr - 1848
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
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
(All Labor Has Dignity: Dr.
Martin Luther King was every bit as committed to economic justice as
he was to ending racial segregation. He fought throughout his life to
connect the labor and civil rights movements, envisioning them as twin
pillars for social reform. As we struggle with massive unemployment, a
staggering racial wealth gap, and the near collapse of a financial
system that puts profits before people, this collection of King's
speeches on labor rights and economic justice underscore his relevance
for today. They help us imagine King anew: as a human rights leader
whose commitment to unions and an end to poverty was a crucial part of
his civil rights agenda.)
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 Int’l 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
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