Wednesday, January 06, 2021

Today in Labor History January 6th

The Toronto Trades and Labour Council endorses the principle of equal pay for equal work between men and women - 1882

 
Eight thousand workers strike at Youngstown Sheet & Tube. The following day the strikers’ wives and other family members join in the protest. Company guards use tear gas bombs and fire into the crowd; three strikers are killed, 25 wounded - 1916

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