October 12 --
Company guards kill at least eight
miners who are attempting to stop scabs, Virden, Ill. Six guards are
also killed, and 30 persons wounded - 1898
Fourteen miners killed, 22 wounded by scab herders at Pana, Ill. - 1902
Some 2,000 workers demanding union recognition close down dress manufacturing, Los Angeles - 1933
More than one million Canadian workers demonstrate against wage controls - 1976
October 11
The Miners’ National Association is
formed in Youngstown, Ohio, with the goal of uniting all miners,
regardless of skill or ethnic background - 1873
Nearly 1,500 plantation workers strike Olaa Sugar, on Hawaii’s Big Island - 1948
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