Friday, September 22, 2023

Today in Labor History September 22nd, 2023

 



Emancipation Proclamation signed - 1862
 
Eighteen-year-old Hannah (Annie) Shapiro leads a spontaneous walkout of 17 women at a Hart Schaffner & Marx garment factory in Chicago. It grows into a months-long mass strike involving 40,000 garment workers across the city, protesting 10-hour days, bullying bosses and cuts in already-low wages - 1910
 
Great Steel Strike begins; 350,000 workers demand union recognition. The AFL Iron and Steel Organizing Committee calls off the strike, their goal unmet, 108 days later - 1919
 
Martial law rescinded in Mingo County, W. Va., after police, U.S. troops and hired goons finally quell coal miners' strike - 1922
 
U.S. Steel announces it will cut the wages of 220,000 workers by 10 percent - 1931
 
United Textile Workers strike committee orders strikers back to work after 22 days out, ending what was at that point the greatest single industrial conflict in the history of American organized labor. The strike involved some 400,000 workers in New England, the mid-Atlantic states and the South - 1934
 
Some 400,000 coal miners strike for higher wages in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Illinois and Ohio - 1935
 
The AFL expels the Int’l Longshoremen's Association for racketeering; six years later the AFL-CIO accepted them back into the house of labor - 1953

OSHA reaches its largest ever settlement agreement, $21 million, with BP Products North America following an explosion at BP's Texas City, Texas, plant earlier in the year that killed 15 and injured 170 - 2005
 
Eleven Domino's employees in Pensacola, Fla., form the nation's first union of pizza delivery drivers - 2006
 
San Francisco hotel workers end a 2-year contract fight, ratify a new 5-year pact with their employers - 2006

Important Events From This day in History September 22

 

22 Sept, 1938 New England Hurricane

1938 : 250 have died in the New England Hurricane and Cape Cod is completely isolated due to high winds and tidal waves, many fear for the lives and safety of those on Cape Cod and it is expected it will be tomorrow before the full scale of the catastrophe can be assessed. Currently the property damage is estimated at many million of dollars and will only increase when an assessment of the damage to Cape Cod can be assessed.

22 Sept, 1914 German U-Boat Submarine

1914 : For the first time in wartime the capabilities of Submarine warfare is seen when a German U-Boat submarine sinks three British cruisers, the Aboukir, the Hogue, and the Cressy, in just over one hour.

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22 Sept, 1922 Bootleggers Winning

1922 : In the ongoing war against bootleggers 125 Prohibition agents have been killed against 50 bootleggers and Rum Runners.

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22 Sept, 1927 U.S.A. Dempsey - Tunney Fight

1927 : The long awaited re-match between ex-champion Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney is watched by 150,000 Chicago fans at Soldier Field for this 10 round World Heavyweight Championship Match. Tunney won but only after a hard fight and fans wondering if he did get up before the count in the seventh round after Dempsey knocked him out.

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22 Sept, 1948 No War Over Berlin Blockade

1948 : Following the blockade of Berlin by Russia the British Foreign Secretary has stressed that the western powers are not committed to going to war over the situation as they believe there will be a political solution . It is estimated that Berlin have enough food, fuel and other supplies to last a short time which should be long enough to find a solution without going to war.

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22 Sept, 1949 Soviet Union Nuclear Bomb

1949 : The Soviet Union explodes it's first Nuclear Bomb 4 yrs after America.

22 Sept, 1953 North Korea Pilot Defects With MIG15

1953 : The communist pilot who defected to the west yesterday landing in Seoul and bringing with him the latest MIG15 or MIG17 will not only obtain his freedom from the communist regime but will also collect the $100,000 reward offered by the Air Force for the first MIG delivered intact to the US Air Force.

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22 Sept, 1955 UK New Independent TV Channel

1955 : The first independent TV channel "Independent Television Authority (ITA)" run by Associated Rediffusion and ABC (Associated Broadcasting Company) which is funded by advertisements instead of by the government and TV licensing fees began today with live coverage of a ceremony at the Guildhall marking the start of Britain's first ever commercially funded television station. The new station is only available in the London Viewing area but other areas of the country are expected soon. The first Television advertisement was for "Gibbs SR toothpaste" and other ads featured Cadbury's chocolate and Esso petrol.

22 Sept, 1961 Peace Corps Established

1961 : President John F. Kennedy signs legislation establishing the Peace Corps as a permanent government agency which could provide a new and unique weapon in the war against communism and reinvigorate U.S. foreign policy by improving the lives of people in less developed countries.

22 Sept, 1965 Pakistan Cease Fire Agreed

1965 : A cease fire is declared between India and Pakistan over Kashmir.

22 Sept, 1968 UK Prince Charles

1968 : The future King of England Prince Charles has joined the Cambridge Footlights and will been treading the boards as an actor, Many famous stars and singers started their career in this club.

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Thursday, September 21, 2023

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What About Philanthropy for For-Profit News? - Second Rough Draft



AAJA is on a quest to support and elevate Asian American leaders in news media - Editor & Publisher

Today in Labor History September 21st

 


Mary Harris “Mother” Jones


The militia was sent to Leadville, Colorado to bust a miners’ strike.  Leadville was a leading mining community during the latter half of the 19th century due to its rich silver deposits. The amazing mineral wealth of Colorado turned it into the nation’s main mining region, and contributed to the wealth of families like the Guggenheims. The Leadville miners’ strike was an action by the Cloud City Miners’ Union, which was the Leadville, Colorado local of the Western Federation of Miners (WFM). They protested against those silver mines paying less that $3.00 per day. The strike lasted 8 months and resulted in a major defeat for the union, largely due to the unified opposition of the mine owners. The failure of the strike caused the WFM to leave the American Federation of Labor (AFL), and is regarded as the cause for the WFM turn toward revolutionary socialism. – 1896

Mother Jones led a march of miners’ children through the streets of Charleston to illustrate the effects of poverty. Between 1912 and 1913, there were frequent violent conflicts during the Paint Creek-Cabin Creek strike in West Virginia. – 1912
National Football League Players Association members began what was to become a 57-day strike, their first regular-season walkout ever. The NFL Players Association demanded, among other things, that its members receive 55% of the league’s gross revenues. The players walked and didn’t return until seven regular-season games had been lost, to say nothing of the $275 million in revenues and wages. The owners were also forced to return $50 million to the networks. – 1982
Members of five unions at the Frontier Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas began what was to become the longest successful hotel strike in U.S. history. All 550 workers honored the picket line for the entirety of the 6-year, 4-month, 10-day fight against management’s insistence on cutting wages and eliminating pensions. The locals taking part in the strike were Culinary Workers Local 226, Bartenders Local 165, Operating Engineers Local 501, Teamsters Local 995, and Carpenters Local 1780. – 1991

Important Events From This day in History September 21

 

21 Sept, 1948 Earthquake Iran 16,000 dead

1948 : The death toll in the area hit by an earthquake which hit Tabas and the surrounding villages on Saturday has now reached 16,000 and Iranian aircraft are spraying areas effected with disinfectant in a hope to keep diseases from spreading. The smell of death still pervades through the smell of disinfectant as there are still large numbers of dead who have not been buried. Iran has asked the world for help and medical supplies and staff as many wounded men and women are still untreated due to the small hospital in the area.

21 Sept, 1998 Clinton Grand Jury Testimony Shown On TV

1998 : Bill Clinton's testimony about his possible affair with Monica Lewinsky as shown on public television for the first time. The president was forced to defend previous statements about the exact nature of his affair and whether he had previously lied under oath.

21 Sept, 1921 Germany Chemical Plant Explosion

1921 : An explosion at a chemical products plant in Oppau, Germany, killed an estimated 800 people.

21 Sept, 1922 Canada Harvest Returns To Pre-War Levels

1922 : Following a number of poor harvests in Canada and the interruption of the war, Canada will have it's best harvest for over a decade and it is hoped that in the next couple years harvests will return to pre-war levels.

21 Sept, 1931 US Banking System Problems

1931 : As well as being the low point in the 1930s depression years also was a testing time for the US banking system as Americans lost faith in the banking system meaning they decided to draw money out of their local banks which in turn caused over 800 banks to close by the end of the year.

21 Sept, 1931 Great Britain Abandons Gold Standard

1931 : Great Britain decides to abandon the Gold Standard causing a minor panic in the American banking System.

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21 Sept, 1937 Great Britain The Hobbit Published

1937 : J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit," is first published which follows the quest of home-loving Bilbo Baggins.

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21 Sept, 1938 U.S.A. Hurricane

1938 : A hurricane with winds reaching 185 miles per hour often known as the 1938 New England hurricane landed on seven new England States causing the deaths of nearly 700 and property damage estimated in the hundreds of millions. The Hurricane and resulting flooding left over 60,000 homeless. 1938 Great New England Hurricane Timeline

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21 Sept, 1938 Europe Accepts Germany Invasion of Poland

1938 : In Europe politicians from France and England are accepting the price of peace is to allow Germany to take control of Czechoslovakia, of course the Czechs do not agree and many other countries and people around the world are questioning the wisdom of Great Britain and France backing down to Hitler believing he will make political capitol and make him think he can continue with his policies without British or French interference , only time will tell if they made the right decision.

21 Sept, 1939 U.S.A. Neutrality Acts

1939 : Following the outbreak of war in Europe FDR goes before Congress and asks that the Neutrality Acts, a series of laws passed earlier in the decade, be amended to lift an embargo against sending military aid to countries in Europe facing the onslaught of Nazi aggression during World War II.

21 Sept, 1947 French Grand Prix

1947 : The French Grand Prix returns after the war years and Louis Chrion wins with his Talbot Lago in Lyon.

21 Sept, 1949 China Mao Tse Tung

1949 : The Communist People’s Republic of China is proclaimed under Mao Tse Tung.

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21 Sept, 1958 Iceland Cod War

1958 : Britain and Iceland have called a temporary halt to the COD WAR because a British Marine was taken sick with acute appendicitis, and the British skipper of the Frigate Diana asked the Icelandic coast guard ship Aeger for permission to sail into the Icelandic port where a hospital was located inside the Icelandic 12 mile zone. The Icelandic Government gave permission and the Marine is now in hospital in Iceland receiving treatment.

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21 Sept, 1969 UK Squatters Evicted

September 21st, 1969 : 200 squatters members of the so called "London Street Commune" who have occupied 144 Piccadilly for the last 6 days are evicted when police storm the 100-room building.

21 Sept, 1972 Philippines Martial Law Declared

1972 : Following a series of bombing and terrorist strikes against the government President Ferdinand E. Marcos declared martial law in the Philippines.

21 Sept, 1978 U.S.A. Housing Market

1978 : Speculation that the booming housing market could collapse if the government squeezes the credit money supply further is being made by House builders and other interested parties in the housing market.

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Today in Labor History September 19th

 


Solidarity Day March


Chinese coal miners are forced out of Black Diamond, Washington. – 1885
Between 400,000 and 500,000 unionists converge on Washington D.C. for a Solidarity Day, a march and for a rally “Jobs, Justice, Compassion” in response to President Ronald Reagan’s anti-worker, anti-union policies. 250 organizations, including unions, civil rights, religious, and social justice participated. – 1981

Important Events From This day in History September 19

 

19 Sept, 1960 The Twist

1960 : Chubby Checker has a number 1 record with The Twist which launched a worldwide dance craze.

19 Sept, 1928 West Palm Beach Hurricane

1928 : As Red Cross workers help in the stricken area of West Palm Beach in Florida by distributing food, healthcare and clothing after the hurricane the count of those who lost their lives continues to grow to over 400 in Palm Beach County alone. This is the worst hurricane to hit the area in many years and the loss of property in the area mounts daily.

19 Sept, 1934 Charles Lindbergh Jr. Kidnapper Arrested

1934 : Bruno Hauptmann is arrested in New York after a gold certificate from the ransom money is found and traced back to Hauptmann, he was charged with the kidnap / murder of the Lindbergh baby. On February 13th 1935 he was sentenced to death and executed on April 3rd 1936 for the abduction and murder of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr.

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19 Sept, 1942 Russia World War II

1942 : German troops and tanks have broken into Stalingrad for the third time and crack German commandos are being dropped in by aircraft in a bloody battle for control of the city.

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19 Sept, 1952 Charlie Chaplin Refused Entry Back To US

1952 : Charlie Chaplin has been refused entry to return to his home in Hollywood until he has been investigated. Mr Chaplin is currently on board the Ocean Liner Queen Elizabeth with his wife and four children on route to the US. When the ship docked in New York Mr Chaplin and his family stayed on board sailing back to England, and later moved to Switzerland, where he lived until his death in 1977.

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19 Sept, 1955 Argentina Military Coup

1955 : Argentine President Juan Domingo Peron is deposed in a military coup, his popular wife, Eva "Evita" Peron, had died in 1952.

19 Sept, 1956 U.S.A. Sturgis High School

September 19th, 1956 : Eight African-American students were turned away from Sturgis High School in Sturgis Kentucky. When they arrived at the school, the principal read them an order from the Union County School Board refusing to them entry. The students had been attending the school under protection from the National Guard but the National Guard had now moved to another area.

19 Sept, 1967 Turkey Soccer Riot Kills 41

1967 : 41 people have been killed in a soccer riot in the central city of Sivas after rioters from a rival town burned local stores and a hotel.

19 Sept, 1972 UK Letter Bomb Kills Diplomat

September 19th, 1972 : Dr Ami Sachori a diplomat at the Israeli embassy in London has been killed by a parcel bomb, the parcel bomb was 1 of 8 addressed to the embassy but the the other 7 were detected before they could cause harm.

19 Sept, 1978 Italy Red Brigade

1978 : Police expanded their hunt for red brigade suspects who are suspected of kidnapping and murdering the former premier of Italy Aldo Moro.

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19 Sept, 1978 UK Carl Bridgewater

September 19th, 1978 : A young paperboy Carl Bridgewater is shot in the head at close range at an isolated farmhouse near Stourbridge in Staffordshire. Police have launched a manhunt for those responsible believed to be burglars who the paperboy disturbed during a burglary.

19 Sept, 1985 U.S.A. Life Insurance AIDS Tests

1985 : New York state joins many other states who will bar Insurance companies requiring people to undergo blood tests for Aids when applying for health or life insurance.

19 Sept, 1985 Earthquake Devastates Mexico City

September 19th, 1985 : A major earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale devastated Mexico City leveling cathedrals, schools, apartment buildings, hospitals and numerous other buildings, large areas of the capital were left burning and the death toll is expected to reach nearly 5,000 as rescuers dig through the rubble.

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Monday, September 18, 2023

Monday Morning in the Blogosphere


 



Rebuilding campus newsrooms - Editor & Publisher



Four local newspapers will no longer put out print editions - CTV News

Toronto Star owner cutting 600 jobs at regional papers, seeking bankruptcy protection - Canadian Press

Today in Labor History September 18th, 2023

 


Textile workers went on a General Strike



Textile workers went on a General Strike on the east coast, with 325,000 striking in the south and 421,000 striking nationwide. 1.5 million struck in various industries. – 1934

The Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU)  was formally founded at an Ohio convention during a period of serious corruption in the union. Two years earlier at an International Brotherhood of Teamsters convention in Las Vegas, a union reform leader who (unsuccessfully) called for direct election of officers and a limit on officers’ salaries had been beaten by thugs. – 1978

A 20-month illegal lockout of 2,900 Steelworkers members at Kaiser Aluminum plants in three states ends when an arbitrator orders a new contract. The workers walked out over company demands to outsource jobs, limit wage and benefit improvements, increase productivity and lengthen the workday. Kaiser was forced to fire scabs and fork over tens of millions of dollars in back pay to union members. – 1999
One week after the September 11, 2001 attacks, anthrax spores are mailed by an unknown party to several news media offices and two U.S. senators. Five people exposed to the spores died, including two union-represented workers at Washington, D.C.’s USPS Brentwood facility: Thomas Morris Jr. and Joseph Curseen. – 2001

Important Events From This day in History September 18

 

18 Sept, 1975 Patty Hearst Arrested By FBI

1975 : Newspaper heiress Patty Hearst is arrested in a San Francisco apartment and arrested for armed robbery. She had been kidnapped from her apartment in Berkeley, California on February 4, 1974 but in April she sent letters to the media saying she was joining the SLA of her own free will and later that month, a surveillance camera took a photo of her participating in an armed robbery of a San Francisco bank making her a wanted criminal by the FBI.

18 Sept, 1851 The New York Times Founded

1851 : First published by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones on September 18th, 1851, under the name of the New York Daily Times.

18 Sept, 1933 Citrus Crop Damage

1933 : With the number of very heavy tropical storms this season the Citrus crops in Texas and Florida have now suffered losses ranging from 85% of the grapefruit crop in Texas to 25% of the orange and tangerine crops in Florida. Many are hoping and praying that we have seen the last of this years tropical storms.

18 Sept, 1942 Subs Sinks 4 Japanese Ships

1942 : The fight for supremacy in the Pacific Ocean is being won by Submarines from the US as yesterday they sank 4 more Japanese Ships and damaged 4 more Japanese Ships.

18 Sept, 1956 U.S.A. Gas Price Wars

1956 : Many towns and cities across the US are seeing price wars in filling Stations with prices changing hourly by stations wishing to increase business , the prices during a price war can range between 24.6 cents per gallon and 30.2 cents per gallon. This is great for the consumer who can save as much as 75 cents by shopping around.

18 Sept, 1967 U.S.A. Teacher Strikes

1967 : Strikes by teaching staff in New York are no closer to a settlement after two weeks with 1.1 million children kept from classes in Public Schools. Striking teachers in Detroit have reached a settlement which will mean 300,000 school children and their teachers will be back in school next week, the agreement gives the teachers $850.00 per year increase for two years and was accepted by the vast majority during the vote.

18 Sept, 1970 UK Jimi Hendrix

September 18th, 1970 : Jimi Hendrix died in London of a suspected drug overdose but the actual cause of death was he had asphyxiated in his own vomit, mainly red wine. Many do not realize that Hendrix did not make it his home country (Born in Seattle, Washington, USA) until he had made it internationally specifically in England and Europe. Only when he appeared at the Monterey International Pop Festival in 1967 did he gain a following in the US. Among the many accolades Hendrix has received, Rolling Stone Magazine named Hendrix the Greatest Guitarist of All Time in 2003.

18 Sept, 1973 Jimmy Carter Files UFO Report

1973 : Future President Jimmy Carter files a report with the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP), claiming he had seen an Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) in October.

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18 Sept, 1978 South Africa Sanctions

September 18th, 1978 : France has returned deposits to the South African government for two submarines and two frigates due to the sanctions imposed on South Africa against the use of Apartheid.

18 Sept, 1985 Strategic Defense Weapons

1985 : President Reagan has stated that the Strategic Defense Weapons ( SDI ) which will only be used to destroy weapons will not part of negotiations on reducing offensive nuclear weapons in the upcoming talks in Geneva. The Russians have responded by stating the US is militarizing space.

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18 Sept, 1985 United Kingdom Expulsions Soviet Diplomats

September 18th, 1985 : In the continued tit for tat expulsions of diplomats between the UK and Soviet Union , The Soviet Union ordered 6 Britons from the UK embassy to leave the country. This brings the total to 31 expulsions by each side in the last week.

18 Sept, 1992 Canada Giant Mine in Yellowknife

1992 : During a strike by mineworkers at the Giant Mine in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Canada a bomb is planted by mine employee Roger Warren 750 feet underground which kills nine strikebreakers.

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Saturday, September 16, 2023

Today in Labor History September 16th, 2023

 



Members of the Fruit and Vegetable Workers’ Union blocked downtown Salinas, California streets to stop a convoy of trucks carrying produce harvested by strikebreakers. – 1936

43,000 oil workers went on strike in 20 states, immediately after World War II ended. The end of the war saw a wave of strikes across the country, as workers who had patriotically sacrificed any resistance to workplace injustices during the war no longer had any reason not to fight for decent pay and benefits. Soon after the oil workers walked off the job, 200,000 coal miners, 44,000 NW lumber workers, 70,000 Midwest truck drivers, and 40,000 machinists in San Francisco and Oakland joined them. East coast longshoremen and New England textile workers also struck. – 1945
Thousands protested the anti-union contractor, BE&K, in St. Paul, Minnesota, which wanted to build a paper plant there. This was the largest demonstration ever held in the state. – 1989
A player lockout by the National Hockey League began, leading to the cancellation of what would have been the league’s 88th season. It was the first time the Stanley Cup was not awarded since 1919, and the first time a major professional sports league in North America canceled a complete season because of a labor dispute. The lockout, over owner demands that salaries be capped, lasted 310 days. – 2004
The Farm Labor Organizing Committee won a signed contract with the Mount Olive Pickle Co. and growers, ending a 5-year boycott. The agreement marked the first time an American labor union represented guest workers. – 2004
Richard Trumka was elected president of the AFL-CIO at the federation’s convention in Pittsburgh. He had served as the secretary-treasurer under predecessor John Sweeney from 1995 to 2009, and prior to that was president of the United Mine Workers for 13 years. – 2009

Important Events From This day in History September 16

 

16 Sept, 1963 Beatles "She Loves You"

1963 : The Beatles release "She Loves You" in the United States. The song went to claim the Number 1 position on the charts on March 21st 1964 and remained there for 2 weeks. "She Loves You" helped set a record in the United States by being one of the five Beatles songs which held the top five positions in the American charts simultaneously. "She Loves You" had already been released in the UK on August 23rd.

16 Sept, 1810 Mexico Independence

1810 : Mexico declared its independence from Spain after 300 years of Spanish Rule.

16 Sept, 1920 Wall Street Bombing

1920 : A bomb believed to be planted by radical anarchists rocked Wall Street killing 38 people and wounded over 400. It was never solved but was widely attributed to radical anarchists.

16 Sept, 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane

1928 : The Okeechobee Hurricane strikes Lake Okeechobee, Florida with winds of around 140 mph a major levee broke with the resulting flood covering an area of hundreds of square miles with water that in some places was over 20 ft (6 m) deep and some 2,500 people drowned.

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16 Sept, 1931 Great Britain Great Depression

1931 : As the world recession continues the British economy is heading for an all time low with thousands of ships rusting in harbors because there are no goods to export, the budget deficit continues to grow and currently stands at $600 million budget deficit this year.

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16 Sept, 1932 India Mahatma Gandhi

1932 : Mahatma Gandhi begins his hunger strike in opposition to Britain's new Caste Separation Laws.

16 Sept, 1940 Selective Training and Service Act

1940 : President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the Selective Training and Service Act, requiring all men between the ages of 21 and 30 to register with local draft boards (later changed to between 18 and 45), becoming the first peacetime military draft in United States history.

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16 Sept, 1949 US Census Bureau

September 16th, 1949 : The Census Bureau has released the latest figures for the population of the United States of 149,452,000 on August 1 showing an increase of 237,000 since July 1st.

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16 Sept, 1951 Stunt Plane Crash

1951 : 19 people die as a stunt plane crashes into crowd at a Colorado Air show. The plane, a low wing monoplane, was performing a snap roll when the wing caught on the ground and the plane crashed into spectators.

16 Sept, 1951 England King George VI

September 16th, 1951 : King George is still very unwell and has been admitted to hospital for further special treatment for a lung disease.

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Friday, September 15, 2023

Today in Labor History September 15, 2023

 


5,000 women workers went on strike in the cotton mills


Hundreds of “factory girls” and male supporters from Allegheny City and Pittsburgh marched on the Blackstock mill, one of the largest in the area. There, the women broke down the factory’s pine gates and forcibly expelled the “scab girls” as the male auxiliary stood by to keep the police at bay. The “Battle of Blackstock’s Factory,” raised the striking workers’ spirits, but helped turn the middle-class of Pittsburgh, who were shocked by such unladylike behavior, against them. The strike ultimately failed. – 1845
President Kennedy signed off on a $900 million public works bill for projects in economically depressed areas. – 1962
More than 350,000 members of the United Auto Workers began what was to become a 69-day strike against General Motors. – 1970
The International Association of Siderographers merges with International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers. – 1992


Important Events From This day in History September 15

 

15 Sept, 1963 Four Young Black Girls Murdered By Klan

1963 : Members of the Ku Klux Klan plant 19 sticks of dynamite with a delayed-time release outside the basement of the 16th St. Baptist Church which was a rallying point for civil-rights activities through the spring of 1963 in Birmingham, Alabama. Four young black girls (Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, Addie Collins, and Cynthia Wesley) were killed in the bombing as they prepared their Sunday school lesson on "The love that forgives." The bombers identities were Bobby Frank Cherry, Thomas Blanton, Herman Cash, and Robert "Dynamite Bob" Chambliss. The bombing, which was targeted at children attending church, provided the impetus for increased support for people working for civil rights. Due to public outrage it marked a turning point in the U.S. civil-rights movement of the mid-20th century and contributed to support for passage of civil rights legislation in 1964.

15 Sept, 1916 France Battle of the Somme

1916 : The British launch a major offensive against the Germans at the Battle of the Somme, using 40 primitive tanks for the first time in history.

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15 Sept, 1926 U.S.A. Flooding Midwest

1926 : As heavy rains continue to fall across the Midwest many towns and cities are only accessible by boat and with rain continuing to fall more and more rivers are overflowing making the situation worse each day, forecasters are predicting further rain for the next 7 days.

15 Sept, 1931 UK Mahatma Gandhi

1931 : A conference between the British government and the emissary for India Mahatma Gandhi continue in London with the figure of Gandhi sat cross legged on a chair with his loincloth admitting that Britain has the power of force to control India but would like the two countries to work together as an honorable and equal partnership in India, during his speech to the conference he said he was a poor humble agent acting on behalf of the Indian National Congress.

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15 Sept, 1935 German Jews Stripped of Citizenship

1935 : German Jews are stripped of their citizenship, reducing them to subjects of the state, this was only part of Hitler changes to Jews as they were disqualified from public office and professions, and also not allowed to marry Aryans. Finally throughout the German State signs appeared in shops and Hotels with the words "Jews Not Welcome."

15 Sept, 1940 Battle of Britain

1940 : The Battle of Britain turns in British favor when the Royal Air Force (RAF) flying the new Spitfires down 56 German aircraft in two dogfights lasting less than an hour.

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15 Sept, 1951 Tibet China Takes Control

1951 : Communist China has taken control of the capitol of "The Roof of The World" Tibet, and communist trained priests have been sent to take charge of the Dalai Lama's Realm.

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15 Sept, 1959 U.S.A. Nikita Khrushchev

1959 : Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev arrives in the United States for an extended visit and summit with President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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Thursday, September 14, 2023

Today in Labor History September 14th, 2023

 


Ella Mae Wiggins


The Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers union called off an unsuccessful 3-month strike against U.S. Steel Corporation subsidiaries. – 1901


when local vigilantes, thugs and a sheriff’s deputy forced the pickup truck in which she was riding off the road and began shooting. The strike collapsed in the aftermath of Wiggins’s death. Her union, the National Textile Workers Union, ultimately was too weak to challenge the economic and political power of the cotton manufacturers and to organize the labor force. – 1929

A striker was shot by a bog owner (and town-elected official) during a walkout by some 1,500 cranberry pickers, members of the newly-formed Cape Cod Cranberry Pickers Union Local 1. State police were called, more strikers were shot and 64 were arrested. The strike was lost.  – 1933
Congress passed the Landrum-Griffin Act. The law expanded many of the anti-labor provisions of the Taft-Hartley Act, increasing union reporting requirements and restricting secondary boycotting and picketing. – 1959