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19 Dec, 2017

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19 Dec, 2017

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This Week in Labor History - Dec. 19

An explosion in the Darr Mine in Westmoreland Co., Pa., kills 239 coal miners. Seventy-one of the dead share a common grave in Olive Branch Cemetery. December 1907 was the worst month in U.S. coal mining history, with more than 3,000 dead - 1907

This Week in Labor History - Dec. 19

18 Dec, 2017

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18 Dec, 2017

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This Week in Labor History - Dec. 18

General Motors announces it is closing 21 North American plants over the following four years and slashing tens of thousands of jobs - 1991

This Week in Labor History - Dec. 18

17 Dec, 2017

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17 Dec, 2017

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This Week in Labor History - Dec. 17

Int’l Union of Aluminum, Brick & Glass Workers merges with United Steelworkers of America - 1996

This Week in Labor History - Dec. 17

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This Week in Labor History - Dec. 16

The National Civic Federation is formed by business and labor leaders, most prominently AFL president Sam Gompers, as a vehicle to resolve conflicts between management and labor. Not all unionists agreed with the alliance. The group turned increasingly conservative and labor withdrew after Gompers’ 1924 death - 1900

This Week in Labor History - Dec. 16