Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Today in Labor History

May 17  --  Union Communications Services, Inc.

Supreme Court outlaws segregation in public schools - 1954
 
Twelve Starbucks baristas in a midtown Manhattan store, declaring they couldn’t live on $7.75 an hour, signed cards demanding representation by the Industrial Workers of the World, or Wobblies - 2004

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