Today in labor history June 7 Militia sent to Cripple Creek, Colo.

[Omaha Steve]

June 07

Militia sent to Cripple Creek, Colo., to suppress Western Federation of Miners strike – 1904

Sole performance of Pageant of the Patterson Strike, created and performed by 1,000 mill workers from the silk industry strike, New York City – 1913



June 7, 1979 - The historic founding convention of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union brought together the Retail Clerks International Union and the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of America. For more about the UFCW, visit the union's website, www.ufcw.org

Note that when I was fired in 1980 for organizing for the GAU, I had a lot of trouble finding work. In 1982 I was proud to be a paid picket for the UFCW during the Hinky Dinky strike.