June 25 -- Union Communications Services, Inc.
More than 8,000 people attend the
dedication ceremony for The Haymarket Martyrs Monument in Chicago,
honoring those framed and executed for the bombing at Haymarket Square
on May 4, 1886 - 1893
Fair Labor Standards Act passes Congress, banning child labor and setting the 40-hour work week - 1938
At the urging of black labor and civil rights leader A. Philip
Randolph, Franklin Roosevelt issues an executive order barring
discrimination in defense industries - 1941
Congress passes the Smith-Connally War Labor Disputes Act over
President Franklin Roosevelt’s veto. It allows the federal government to
seize and operate industries threatened by strikes that would interfere
with war production. It was hurriedly created after the third coal
strike in seven weeks - 1943
A total of 21 workers are killed when a fireworks factory near Hallett, Okla., explodes - 1985
Decatur, Ill., police pepper-gas workers at A.E. Staley plant gate
one year into the company's two-and-a-half-year lockout of Paperworkers
Local 7837 - 1994
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