February 19

The U.S. Supreme Court decides in favor of sales clerk Leura Collins and her union, the Retail Clerks, in NLRB v. J. Weingarten Inc. – the case establishing that workers have a right to request the presence of their union steward if they believe they are to be disciplined for a workplace infraction – 1975 Also on this date: American Federation of Labor issues a charter to its new Railroad Employees Dept; A few weeks after workers ask for a 25 cent hourly wage, the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co. fires 173 union members and brings in replacements from New York City; Journeymen Stonecutters Association of North America merges with Laborers’ International Union; International Union of Police Associations granted a charter by the AFL-CIO; Farm Labor Organizing Committee signs agreement with Campbell Soup… The U.S. Supreme Court decides in favor of sales clerk Leura Collins and her union, the Retail Clerks, in NLRB v. J. Weingarten Inc. – the case establishing that workers have a right to request the presence of their union steward if they believe they are to be disciplined for a workplace infraction – 1975
Also on this date: American Federation of Labor issues a charter to its new Railroad Employees Dept. A few weeks after workers ask for a 25 cent hourly wage, the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co. fires 173 union members and brings in replacements from New York City. Journeymen Stonecutters Association of North America merges with Laborers’ International Union. International Union of Police Associations granted a charter by the AFL-CIO. Farm Labor Organizing Committee signsagreement with Campbell Soup.More info & ammo for unionists is availableonline from Union Communication Services.

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