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Today in Labor History - November 1st: Nations first general strike for 10-hour day; Philadelphia - 1835 Thirty-seven black striking Louisiana sugar workers are murdered when Louisiana militia, aided by bands of prominent citizens, shoot unarmed workers trying to get a dollar-per-day wage. Two strike leaders are lynched - 1887 Malbone tunnel disaster in New York City; inexperienced scab motorman crashes five-car train during strike, 97 killed, 255 injured - 1918 Some 400,000 soft coal miners strike for higher wages and shorter hours - 1919 United Stone & Allied Products Workers of America merge with United Steelworkers of America - 1972 The UAW begins what was to become a successful 172-day strike against International Harvester. The union turned back company demands for weakened work rules, mandatory overtime - 1979 Honda assembles the first-ever Japanese car manufactured in a U.S. plant, in Marysville, Ohio - 1982 unionist
Posted on: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 15:25:58 +0000

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