January 15

Martin Luther King, Jr. born – 1929 Martin Luther King, Jr. born – 1929 Also on this date: Wobblie Ralph Chaplin, in Chicago for a demonstration against hunger, completes the writing of the labor anthem “Solidarity Forever”. The CIO miners' union in the Grass Valley area of California strikes for higher wages, union recognition, and the 8 hour day. The Pentagon, to this day the largest office building in the world, is dedicated just 16 months after groundbreaking. More info & ammo for unionists is available
online from Union Communication Services.

 

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