Today in labour history

Today in Labour History

1932 United States of America The state militia is called in after 164 high school students in Kincaid, Ill., go on strike when the school board buys coal from the scab Peabody Coal Co.

1932 Ireland In Belfast, thousands of workers, Catholics and Protestants, strike private companies while more than 30,000 demonstrate in the streets against state exploitation of the unemployed.

1945 Global Creation of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) which notably brings together the CGT, the American CIO, and all the unions of the so-called socialist countries.[more]

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