February 5

In what turns out to be a bad business decision, Circuit City fires 3,900 experienced sales people because they're making too much in commissions. Sales plummet. Six years later it declares bankruptcy. Duh – 2003 Also on this date: First daily labor newspaper, N.Y. Daily Sentinel, begins publication; Charlie Chaplin’s movie Modern Times premieres; President Bill Clinton signs the Family and Medical Leave Act… In what turns out to be a bad business decision, Circuit City fires 3,900 experienced sales people because they're making too much in commissions. Sales plummet. Six years later it declares bankruptcy. Duh – 2003
Also on this date: First daily labor newspaper, N.Y. Daily Sentinel, begins publication. Charlie Chaplin’s movie Modern Times premieres. President Bill Clinton signs the Family and Medical Leave Act.More info & ammo for unionists is availableonline from Union Communication Services.

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