Wednesday, August 06, 2014

Today in Labor History

Cigarmakers' Int’l Union of America merges with Retail, Wholesale & Department Store Union - 1974
American Railway Supervisors Association merges with Brotherhood of Railway, Airline & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station Employees - 1980
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of the U.S. & Canada merges with Brotherhood of Railway, Airline & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station Employees – 1986
Some 45,000 CWA and IBEW-represented workers at Verizon begin what is to be a two-week strike, refusing to accept more2014.08.04history-cwa-verizonthan 100 concession demands by the telecommunications giant - 2011

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