Today in labour history

Today in Labour History

1885 United States of America Eugene V. Debs, leading figure in the railway workers unions, the IWW and the American Socialist Party, was born.[more]

1890 Australia Miners in Newcastle are the last New South Wales workers to return to work after the Great Strike.

1916 USA Gunfight between IWW union members and Everett's sheiff and his deputies. IWW had attemped to organize mill workers on the waterfront.[more]

1918 Germany General strike in Kiel, the next day in Hamburg, leading to an uprising led by the Workers‘ and Soldiers’ Councils movement.

1945 Canada Striking Ford workers and supporters use hundreds of motor vehicles to blockade the company plant in Windsor, Ontario. The strike leads to an arbitrated settlement and the protection of union security through the Rand Formula. [more]

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