TODAY IN LABOR HISTORY! December 06 African-American delegates meet in Washington, D.C., to form the Colored National Labor Union as a branch of the all-white National Labor Union created three years earlier. Unlike the N.L.U., the C.N.L.U. welcomed members of all races. Isaac Myers was the C.N.L.U.s founding president; Frederick Douglas became president in 1872 - 1869 The Washington Monument is completed in Washington, D.C. On the interior of the monument are 193 commemorative stones, donated by numerous governments and organizations from all over the world; one of them is from the Int’l Typographical Union, founded in 1852. In 1986 the I.T.U. merged into the Communications Workers of America - 1884 A total of 361 coal miners die at Monongah, W.Va., in nations worst mining disaster - 1907 Int’l Glove Workers Union of America merges into Amalgamated Clothing Workers - 1961 United Mine Workers begin what is to become a 110-day national coal strike - 1997
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