Today in Labor History March 13

 

Susan B. Anthony

Civil rights activist and suffragist Susan B. Anthony died at the age of 86.  – 1906

A four-month UAW strike at General Motors ended with a new contract. The strikers were trying to make up for the lack of wage hikes during World War II. – 1946

IWW Labor organizer and recovering anarchist Elizabeth Gurley Flynn was elected chair of the National Committee of the Communist Party, USA. – 1961

Labor Local 260 Houston negotiated its first contract with Pioneer Bus, ending dual pay scales for black and white drivers. – 1963

United Farm Workers (UFW) won a contract with the Christian Brothers Winery. – 1967