November 10

 

Sit-down strike begins at Austin, Minn. Hormel plant with the help of a Wobbly organizer, leading to the creation of the Independent Union of All Workers.  Labor historians believe this may have been the first sit-down strike of the 1930s.  Workers held the plant for three days, demanding a wage increase. The governor mediated a settlement - 1933 Sit-down strike begins at Austin, Minn. Hormel plant with the help of a Wobbly organizer, leading to the creation of the Independent Union of All Workers.  Labor historians believe this may have been the first sit-down strike of the 1930s.  Workers held the plant for three days, demanding a wage increase. The governor mediated a settlement - 1933

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