January 30 - Union Communications Services, Inc.
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Sit-down strike helps establish United Rubber Workers as a national union, Akron, Ohio - 1936
The Los Angeles Times Guild would like to congratulate Jim Kirk on being named the next editor in chief of the Los Angeles Times. We also look forward to working together in the future as one team — and we look forward to hearing his plans for the paper.
A 3¢ postage stamp is issued, honoring AFL founder Samuel Gompers - 1950
Pete Seeger dies in New York at age 94. A musician and activist, he was a revered figure on the American left, persecuted during the McCarthy era for his support of progressive, labor and civil rights causes. A prolific songwriter, he is generally credited with popularizing the civil rights anthem “We Shall Overcome.” He actively participated in demonstrations until shortly before his death – 2014
Samuel Gompers, first AFL president, born in London, England. He emigrated to the U.S. as a youth - 1850
1900s, as Italian immigrant Antonio Vacca and his sons encounter cave-ins and fires deep below the earth’s surface. Above ground, miners battle gun thugs and corrupt sheriffs at Virden, Matewan and Ludlow in an epic struggle to form a union and make the mines a safer place to work. Historian Kevin Corley’s depiction of miners’ lives is based on his own interviews with mining families.)
UNO: Award-winning mobile media for millennials: Like many legacy news brands, Argentina’s Grupo América set out to identify new ways to capture a younger audience. With its spin-off product UNO, the group has given the 10-person team behind it the opportunity to continuously experiment with new formats and language to draw in millennials.
January 23
Hardworking Mickey Mantle signs a new contract with the New York Yankees making him the highest paid player in baseball: $75,000 for the entire 1961 season - 1961
