Today in labor history. December 23 AFL officers are found in contempt of court for urging a labor boycott of Bucks Stove and Range Co. in St Louis, where the Metal Polishers were striking for a 9-hour day - 1908 Construction workers top out the North Tower of the World Trade Center at 1,368 feet, making it the tallest building in the world - 1970 Walmart Stores Inc., the nations largest employer, with 1.4 million associates, agrees to settle 63 wage and hour suits across the U.S., for a grand total of between $352 million and $640 million. It was accused of failure to pay overtime, requiring off-the-clock work, and failure to provide required meal and rest breaks - 2008 From unionist/today-in-labor-history-95 December 23, 1617--Americas first penal colony was established in Virginia, creating safe, humane [sic] home for the nascent countrys future class war prisoners. (From the Daily Bleed) December 23, 1921 - President Warren Harding issued a Christmas amnesty, freeing Eugene V. Debs and 23 other political prisoners who had been imprisoned for their opposition to World War I. (from Workday Minnesota) From modeducation.blogspot/2012/12/today-in-labor-historydecember-23.html?m=1 1) Sammuel Gompers. 2) Warren G. Harding Source: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_G._Harding
Posted on: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 01:33:24 +0000
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