Saturday, April 04, 2020

Today in Labor History April 4, 2020

Martin Luther King Jr.

'The labor movement was the principal force that transforme­d misery and despair into hope and progress.' - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.CLICK TO TWEET
The first issue of The Labor Review, a “weekly magazine for organized workers”, was published in Minneapolis. Edna George, a cigar packer in Minneapolis, won $10 in gold for suggesting the name “Labor Review”, The Labor Review has been published continuously since then, currently as a monthly newspaper. – 1907
The unemployed rioted in New York City’s Union Square. – 1914
The first issues of The Labor Review was published, the Unemployed rioted in NYC, Harry Bridges was convicted of lying, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis.CLICK TO TWEET
Longshoremen union leader Harry Bridges was convicted of lying about being a Communist. – 1950
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, where he has been supporting an AFSCME sanitation workers’ strike.  In the wake of this tragedy, riots broke out in many cities, including Washington, DC. – 1968

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