February 13

A national eight-month strike by the Sons of Vulcan, a union of iron forgers, ends in victory when employers agreed to a wage scale based on the
price of iron bars - the first time employers recognized the union, the first union contract in the iron and steel industry, and what may be the first
union contract of any kind in the United States - 1865

Some 12,000 Hollywood writers returned to work today following a largely-successful three-month strike against television and motion picture
studios.  They won compensation for their TV and movie work that gets streamed on the Internet - 2008

More info & ammo for unionists is available online from
Union Communication Services. http://www.unionist.com/