October 25 --
What many believe to be the first formal
training on first aid in American history took place at the Windsor
Hotel in Jermyn, Penn., when Dr. Matthew J. Shields instructed 25 coal
miners on ways to help their fellow miners. Upon completion of the
course each of the miners was prepared and able to render first aid.
The training led to marked decreases in serious mining injuries and
fatalities - 1899
Some 25,000 silk dye workers strike in Paterson, N.J. - 1934
Some 25,000 silk dye workers strike in Paterson, N.J. - 1934
In what becomes known as the Great
Hawaiian Dock Strike, a 6-month struggle to win wage parity with
mainland dock workers, ends in victory - 1949
The Tribune Co. begins a brutal 5-month-long lockout at the New York Daily News, part of an effort to bust the newspaper’s unions - 1990
John Sweeney, president of the Service Employees Int’l Union, elected president of AFL-CIO - 1995
After a two-year fight, workers at the Bonus Car Wash in Santa Monica, Calif., win a union contract calling for pay increases, better breaks and other gains. “They didn’t treat us like people,” nine-year employee Oliverio Gomez told the Los Angeles Times - 2011
After a two-year fight, workers at the Bonus Car Wash in Santa Monica, Calif., win a union contract calling for pay increases, better breaks and other gains. “They didn’t treat us like people,” nine-year employee Oliverio Gomez told the Los Angeles Times - 2011
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