On July 20, 1885, the British crown gave royal assent to the Chinese Immigration Act in Canada, which placed a $50 tax on Chinese workers and which reinforced the general.
On July 10, 1989 Soviet coal miners struck over their low wages and unsafe conditions. This was the most important internal labor uprising contributing to the fall of the Soviet.
On June 16, 1958, the Chicago Crossing Guards Association rejected an offer from AFSCME to join the union because these women did not believe the union would fight effectively for.
On June 9, 1941, the military, with support from the Congress of Industrial Organizations and the United Auto Workers, ended the North American Aviation strike in Los Angeles. This remarkable.
On June 6, 1844, George Williams founded the Young Men's Christian Association in London. While it was not really Williams' intention, the YMCA would later become a critical allly in.
On May 26, 1913, actors unionized in Actors Equity Association. This necessary move to professionalize actors as workers fighting for decent conditions played an important role in bringing the field.
On May 18, 1900, the International Association of Machinists and employers signed what became known as the Murray Hill Agreement. This brief and failed attempt to create rational labor relations.
On May 10, 1972, the Farah clothing strike in El Paso began. This almost all-Latino workforce, mostly women, were on the front lines of labor activism in the early 70s..
