July 9

The worst rail accident in U.S. history occurred when two trains pulled by

80-ton locomotives collided head-on at Dutchman’s curve in west Nashville,

Tenn. 101 people died, another 171 were injured - 1918

New England Telephone "girls" strike for seven-hour workday, $27 weekly pay

after four years' service - 1923

New York City subway system managers in the Bronx attempt to make cleaning

crews on the IRT line work faster by forcing the use of a 14-inch squeegee

instead of the customary 10-inch tool. Six workers are fired for

insubordination; a two-day walkout by the Transport Workers Union wins

reversal of the directive and the workers’ reinstatement - 1935

United Packinghouse, Food & Allied Workers merge with Amalgamated Meat

Cutters & Butcher Workmen - 1968

Five thousand demonstrators rally at the state capitol in Columbia, S.C. in

support of the "Charleston Five," labor activists charged with felony

rioting during a police attack on a 2000 longshoremen's picket of a

non-union crew unloading a ship - 2001

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