Eugene V. Debs, U.S. labor leader and socialist, dies in Elmhurst, Ill.
Among his radical ideas: an eight-hour workday, pensions, workman's
compensation, sick leave and social security. He ran for president from a
jail cell in 1920 and got a million votes - 1926
The J.P. Stevens textile company is forced to sign its first union contract
after a 17-year struggle in North Carolina and other southern states - 1980
"Salt of the Earth" strike begins by the mostly Mexican-American members of
Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union Local 890 in Bayard, N.M. Strikers'
wives walked picket lines for seven months when their men were enjoined
during the 14-month strike against the New Jersey Zinc Co. A great movie,
see it! ? 1950