Friday, October 19, 2018

Today in Labor History

Labor History October 19th
J.P. Stevens & Co Milledgeville Plant in Georgia

The National Association of Letter Carriers achieved equalization of wages for all letter carriers, meaning city delivery carriers began receiving the same wages regardless of the size of the community in which they worked. – 1949
After twenty years of virulent anti-unionism, the J.P. Stevens & Company finally signed its first-ever contractCLICK TO TWEETwith the Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union.  The collective bargaining agreement covered more than 3,000 workers in ten plants in the Carolinas and Alabama. – 1980

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