June 21

In England, a compassionate parliament declares that children can't be

required to work more than 12 hours a day. And they must have an hours'

instruction in the Christian Religion every Sunday and not be required to

sleep more than two in a bed - 1802

The Worst Children’s Jobs in history takes you back to the days when being a kid was no excuse for

getting out of hard labor. This British book - which will strike a chord

with youngsters around the world -- tells the stories of all the children

whose work fed the nation, kept trains running, and put clothes on

everyone’s backs over the last few hundred years of Britain’s history.

10 miners accused of being militant "Molly Maguires" are hanged in

Pennsylvania. A private corporation initiated the investigation of the 10

through a private detective agency. A private police force arrested them,

and private attorneys for the coal companies prosecuted them. "The state

provided only the courtroom & the gallows," a judge said many years later -

1877

The U.S. Supreme Court upholds the right of unions to publish statements

urging members to vote for a specific congressional candidate, ruling that

such advocacy is not a violation of the Federal Corrupt Practices Act - 1948

100,000 unionists and other supporters march in solidarity with striking

_Detroit News_ and _Detroit Free Press_ newspaper workers - 1997

More info & ammo for unionists is available
online from Union Communication Services.

http://www.unionist.com/