The Collapse of the Quebec Bridge, 1907
Dancers at San Francisco’s Lusty Lady Club voted 57-15 to be represented by SEIU Local 790. Their first union contract ratified eight months later, guaranteed work shifts, protection against arbitrary discipline and termination, automatic hourly wage increases, sick days, a grievance procedure, and removal of one-way mirrors from peep show booths. The first strip club to unionize was Pacer’s in San Diego under the Hotel Management, Employee Management, Local 30. – 1996
Northwest Airlines pilots, after years of concessions to help the airline, began what was to become a 2-week strike for higher pay. – 1998
Delegates to the Minnesota AFL-CIO convention approved the launching of workdayminnesota.org, now in its sixteenth year. It was the first web-based daily labor news service by a state labor federation. – 2000
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