The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) is founded through a merger of the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada (TLC) and the Canadian Congress of Labour (CCL), the two major union congresses in Canada at the time. The CLC represents the interests of more than three million affiliated workers - 1956
Songwriter, musician and activist Hazel Dickens dies at age 75. Among her songs: ?They?ll Never Keep Us Down? and ?Working Girl Blues.? Cultural blogger John Pietaro: "Dickens didn?t just sing the anthems of labor, she lived them. Her place on many a picket line, staring down gunfire and goon squads, embedded her into the cause" - 2011
New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller signs Taylor Law, permitting union organization and bargaining by public employees, but outlawing the right to strike - 1967
Nearly 10,000 demonstrators celebrate textile workers? win of a 10-percent pay hike and grievance committees after a one-month strike, Lowell, Mass. - 1912