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This week in Labor History - February 2

30 Jan, 2018

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30 Jan, 2018

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This week in Labor History - February 2

Three hundred newsboys organize to protest a cut in pay by the Minneapolis Tribune - 1917
 
Legal secretary Iris Rivera fired for refusing to make coffee; secretaries across Chicago protest - 1977
 
The 170-day lockout (although management called it a strike) of 22,000 steelworkers by USX Corp. ends with a pay cut but greater job security.  It was the longest work stoppage in the history of the U.S. steel industry - 1987

This week in Labor History - February 2

This week in Labor History - February 1

30 Jan, 2018

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30 Jan, 2018

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This week in Labor History - February 1

Led by 23-year-old Kate Mullaney, the Collar Laundry Union forms in Troy, N.Y., and raises earnings for female laundry workers from $2 to $14 a week - 1864
 
Bricklayers begin working 8-hour days - 1867

This week in Labor History - February 1

This week in Labor History - January 30

30 Jan, 2018

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30 Jan, 2018

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This week in Labor History - January 30

 

Franklin Delano Roosevelt is born in Hyde Park, N.Y. He was elected president of the United States four times starting in 1932.

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This week in Labor History - January 29

30 Jan, 2018

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30 Jan, 2018

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This week in Labor History - January 29

Dolly Parton hits number one on the record charts with "9 to 5," her anthem to the daily grind - 1981

This week in Labor History - January 29

This week in Labor History - January 28

24 Jan, 2018

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24 Jan, 2018

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This week in Labor History - January 28

American Miners’ Association formed - 1861
 
First U.S. unemployment compensation law enacted, in Wisconsin - 1932

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This week in Labor History - January 27

24 Jan, 2018

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This week in Labor History - January 27

New York City maids organize to improve working conditions - 1734
 
Mine explosion in Mount Pleasant, Pa., leaves more than 100 dead - 1891
 
First meeting of the Int’l Labor Organization (ILO) - 1920
 
Kansas miners strike against compulsory arbitration - 1920
 

This week in Labor History - January 27