May 19
Explosion in Coal Creek, Tenn. kills 184 miners - 1902
Shootout in Matewan, W. Va. between striking union miners (led by Police
Chief Sid Hatfield) and coal company agents. Ten died, including seven
agents - 1920
Gas explosion in a Mather, Pennsylvania, coal mine kills 195. - 1928
The Steel Workers Organizing Committee, formed by the Congress of Industrial
Organizations, formally becomes the United Steelworkers of America - 1942
31 dockworkers are killed, 350 workers and others are injured when four
barges carrying 467 tons of ammunition blow up at South Amboy, New Jersey.
They were loading mines that had been deemed unsafe by the Army and were
being shipped to the Asian market for sale - 1950
More info & ammo for unionists is available
online from Union Communication Services.
New York Times Tech Guild Goes Out on ULP Strike
National Mobilization Committee Hosts Successful Training