Today in Labor History December 9th

 

Ratification of a new labor agreement at Titan Tire of Natchez, Miss., ends the longest strike in the history of the U.S. tire industry, which began May 1, 1998, at the company's Des Moines, Iowa, plant - 2001

James D. Hodgson

In December 1970, President Nixon signed the Occupational Safety and Health Act into law, a result of Hodgson's work as secretary of labor. Hodgson also led the expansion of employment and training programs for Vietnam-era veterans under the Emergency Employment Act of 1971.

Lech Wałęsa

• In 1990, Wałęsa won Poland's first direct presidential election after leading Solidarity, Poland's first independent trade union. He also received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1983.