Thursday, April 24, 2025

Today in Labor History April 24, 2025

 


Mumia Abu Jamal


The Irish Insurrection, also known as the Easter Rising, begins in Dublin - 1916

The Stockton cannery workers strike, also known as the California Spinach Riot, comes to a truce - 1937

The first government "greener pastures" migration begins, with over 100 families relocating from northeastern Colorado to southwestern Colorado - 1937

Mumia Abu Jamal, death row activist, journalist and former Black Panther, was born on this date. – 1954

The International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union halted shipping on the West Coast in solidarity with Mumia Abu-Jamal, a Philadelphia journalist whom many believed was on death row because he was an outspoken African-American. – 1999

The National Labor Relations Board implements new rules to speed up unionization elections - 2012

An eight-story building that housed garment factories in Dhaka, India collapsed, killing 1,129 workers and injuring 2,515.  A day earlier, cracks had been found in the structure,  but factory officials, who had contracts with Benetton and other major U.S. labels, insisted the workers return to the job the next day. – 2013

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