February 26

A 20-week strike by 70,000 Southern California supermarket workers ends, with both sides claiming victory - 2004 Also on this date: Congress okays the Contract Labor Law, designed to clamp down on "business agents" who contracted abroad for immigrant labor; Bethlehem Steel workers strike for union recognition; Pittston Coal slag heap doubling as a dam in West Virginia’s Buffalo Creek Valley collapsed, 118 died, 5,000 were left homeless… A 20-week strike by 70,000 Southern California supermarket workers ends, with both sides claiming victory - 2004
Also on this date: Congress okays the Contract Labor Law, designed to clamp down on "business agents" who contracted abroad for immigrant labor; Bethlehem Steel workers strike for union recognition; Pittston Coal slag heap doubling as a dam in West Virginia’s Buffalo Creek Valley collapsed, 118 died, 5,000 were left homeless.More info & ammo for unionists is availableonline from Union Communication Services.

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