Today in labour history

Today in Labour History

1862 France 22 printers are brought before the 6th Correctional Chamber in Paris for having gone on strike in favor of an increase in their wages. They will be pardoned by the Emperor on November 23.

1913 Ireland Birth of Eugene Downing, Irish Communist who fought with the International Brigades in Spain.[more]

1945 Canada In Windsor, Ontario, the United Auto Workers begin their historic strike against the Ford Motor Company. It lasts for 99 days and leads to the Rand Formula for union security.[more]

1969 Argentina Rosariazo movement begins with indefinite strike. Factories occupied in Córdoba & uprising in Cipolletti, Río Negro

2012 Pakistan 314 garment workers die the same day in 2 factory fires.[more]

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