February 11

Some 1,300 sanitation workers begin what is to become a 64-day strike in Memphis, ultimately win union recognition and wage increases. The April 4 assassination in Memphis of Martin Luther King Jr., who had been taking an active role in mass meetings and street actions, brought pressure on the city to settle the strike – 1968
  
Also on this date: 500 Japanese and 200 Mexican laborers unite to fight the labor contractor responsible for hiring at the American Beet Sugar Co. in Oxnard, CA…
Mary Harris “Mother” Jones arrested while leading a protest of conditions in West Virginia mines…Fifteen thousand rubber workers strike in Akron, OH…Seattle General Strike ends after six days…“White Shirt Day” at UAW-represented GM plants; Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker announces he will call out the National Guard, if necessary, to deal with any "unrest" among state employees

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