June 24

Birth of Albert Parsons, Haymarket martyr - 1848

Birth of Agnes Nestor, president of the International Glove Workers Union

and longtime leader of the Chicago Women's Trade Union League. She began

work in a glove factory at age 14 - 1880

17 workers are killed as methane explodes in a water tunnel under

construction in Sylmar, Calif. - 1971 _(for more on job safety, check out

[19]Tools of the Trade: A Health and Safety Handbook for Action, a valuable

resource for those who want to promote worker health and safety while

building their unions and community groups at the same time.

More info & ammo for unionists is available
online from Union Communication Services.

http://www.unionist.com