March 12

 

Steelworkers approve a settlement with Oregon Steel Mills, Inc. and its CF&I Steel subsidiary, ending the longest labor dispute in the USWA’s history and resulting in more than $100 million in back pay for workers - 2004 Also on this date: Greedy industrialist turned benevolent philanthropist Andrew Carnegie pledges $5.2 million for the construction of 65 branch libraries in New York City, following years of treating workers in his steel plants brutally…The first tunnel under the Hudson River is completed after 30 years of drilling, connecting Jersey City and Manhattan…The Lawrence, Mass. "Bread and Roses" textile strike ends…Lane Kirkland, president of the AFL-CIO from 1979 to 1995, born in Camden, South Carolina... Steelworkers approve a settlement with Oregon Steel Mills, Inc. and its CF&I Steel subsidiary, ending the longest labor dispute in the USWA’s history and resulting in more than $100 million in back pay for workers - 2004 Also on this date: Greedy industrialist turned benevolent philanthropist Andrew Carnegie pledges $5.2 million for the construction of 65 branch libraries in New York City, following years of treating workers in his steel plants brutally. The first tunnel under the Hudson River is completed after 30 years of drilling, connecting Jersey City and Manhattan. The Lawrence, Mass. "Bread and Roses" textile strike ends. Lane Kirkland, president of the AFL-CIO from 1979 to 1995, born in Camden, South Carolina. More info & ammo for unionists is availableonline from Union Communication Services.

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