January 31

12,000 pecan shellers in San Antonio, Texas – mostly Latino women – walk off their jobs at 400 factories in what was to become a three-month strike
against wage cuts. Strike leader Emma Tenayuca was eventually hounded out of the state - 1938

Union and student pressure forces Harvard University to adopt new labor policies raising wages for lowest-paid workers - 2002

More info & ammo for unionists is available online from
Union Communication Services. http://www.unionist.com/