August 15

Populist social commentator Will Rogers killed in a plane crash, Point
Barrow, Alaska. One of his many classic lines: "I don't make jokes. I just
watch the government and report the facts" - 1935

President Richard M. Nixon announces a 90-day freeze on wages, prices and
rents in an attempt to combat inflation - 1971

Gerry Horgan, chief steward of CWA Local 1103 and NYNEX striker in Valhalla,
NY, is struck on the picket line by a car driven by the daughter of a plant
manager and dies the following day. What was to become a four-month strike
over healthcare benefits was in its second week - 1989

Eight automotive department employees at a Wal-Mart near Ottawa won an
arbitrator-imposed contract after voting for UFCW representation, becoming
the giant retailer's only location in North America with a collective
bargaining agreement. Two months later the company closed the department.
Three years earlier Wal-Mart had closed an entire store on the same day the
government announced an arbitrator would impose a contract agreement there -
2008

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