August 29
Dancers at San Francisco’s Lusty Lady Club vote 57-15 to be represented by SEIU Local 790. Their first union contract, ratified eight months later, guaranteed work shifts, protection against arbitrary discipline and termination, automatic hourly wage increases, sick days, a grievance procedure, and removal of one-way mirrors from peep show booths - 1996
Northwest Airlines pilots, after years of concessions to help the airline, begin what is to become a two-week strike for higher pay - 1998
Delegates to the Minnesota AFL-CIO convention approve the launching of workdayminnesota.org, now in its 11th year. It was the first web-based daily labor news service by a state labor federation - 2000
The CEOs of large American companies made an average of $10.8 million in 2006, more than 364 times the average pay of American workers, reported the Institute for Policy Studies and United for a Fair Economy - 2007
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Semiconductor Giant Micron Agrees to Meet with CWA to Discuss Workers' Rights at New Plants
CWA President Visits Wire Techs and Call Center Workers During District 3 Meeting