July 7

Striking New York longshoremen meet to discuss ways to keep new immigrants

from scabbing. They were successful, at least for a time. On July 14, 500

newly arrived Jews marched straight from their ship to the union hall. On

July 15, 250 Italian immigrants stopped scabbing on the railroad and joined

the union - 1882

Mary Harris "Mother" Jones begins "The March of the Mill Children", when,

accompanied part of the way by children, she walked from Philadelphia to

President Theodore Roosevelt's home on Long Island to protest the plight of

child laborers. One of her demands: reduce the childrens' work week to 55

hours – 1903

_(For more on this working class hero, check out [19]Mother Jones Speaks:

Speeches and Writings, a comprehensive collection of her speeches, letters,

articles, interviews and testimony before Congressional committees. In her

own words, Mother Jones explains her life, her mission, her passion on

behalf of working people. Here are her fiery speeches to crowds of striking

miners, textile workers, railroad workers and others; her correspondence

with political and union leaders of her era -- even newspaper accounts of

her activities that include confrontations with police and militia.

Available now in the UCS bookstore.)_

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Cloakmakers begin what is to be a two-month strike against New York City

sweatshops - 1910

Some 500,000 people participate when a two-day general strike is called in

Puerto Rico by more than 60 trade unions and many other organizations. They

are protesting privatization of the island's telephone company - 1998

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