June 25
More than 8,000 people attend the dedication ceremony for The Haymarket
Martyrs Monument in Chicago, honoring those framed and executed for the
bombing at Haymarket Square on May 4, 1886 - 1893
Fair Labor Standards Act passes Congress, banning child labor and setting
the 40-hour work week - 1938
At the urging of black labor and civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph,
Franklin Roosevelt issues an executive order barring discrimination in
defense industries - 1941
Congress passes the Smith-Connally War Labor Disputes Act over Pres.
Franklin Roosevelt’s veto. It allows the federal government to seize and
operate industries threatened by strikes that would interfere with war
production. It was hurriedly created after the third coal strike in seven
weeks - 1943
21 workers are killed when a fireworks factory near Hallett, Okla. explodes
- 1985
Decatur, Ill. police pepper-gas workers at A.E. Staley plant gate one year
into the company's two and one-half year lockout of Paperworkers Local 7837
- 1994
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online from Union Communication Services.
New York Times Tech Guild Goes Out on ULP Strike
National Mobilization Committee Hosts Successful Training