March 15

Bituminous coal miners begin nationwide strike, demanding adoption of a pension plan – 1948

Also on this date: Official formation of the Painters International Union. Supreme Court approves 8-Hour Act under threat of a national railway strike. Wall Street Journal begins a series alleging insider stock deals at the union-owned Union Labor Life Insurance Co. (ULLICO).

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

http://www.unionist.com