May 21

Italian activists and anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti,

widely believed to have been framed for murder, go on trial today. They

eventually are executed as part of a government campaign against dissidents

– 1921

The "Little Wagner Act" is signed in Hawaii, guaranteeing pineapple and

sugar workers the right to bargain collectively. After negotiations failed a

successful 79-day strike shut down 33 of the territory’s 34 plantations and

brought higher wages and a 40-hour week - 1945

Nearly 100,000 unionized SBC Communications Inc. workers begin a four-day

strike to protest the local phone giant’s latest contract offer - 2004

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

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