Today in labor history Nov 5 Seven Wobblies killed, 50 wounded and an indeterminate number missing

[Omaha Steve]

November 05

Eugene V. Debs - labor leader, socialist, three-time candidate for president and first president of the American Railway Union, born - 1855

Eugene V. Debs, candidate for president under the banner of the Socialist Party, wins six percent of the vote - 1912


Everett, Wash., massacre, at least seven Wobblies killed, 50 wounded and an indeterminate number missing - 1916


November 5, 1918 - The Farmer Labor Party appeared on the ballot in Minnesota for the first time. David Evans, a hardware merchant from Tracy, ran for governor and Tom Davis, a prominent Minneapolis labor attorney, sought the office of attorney general. Neither was elected, but a new political movement was born. The Farmer Labor campaign that year was headed by E.G. Hall, president of the Minnesota Federation of Labor.

Some 12,000 television and movie writers begin what was to become a three-month strike against producers over demands for an increase in pay for movies and television shows released on DVD and for a bigger share of the revenue from work delivered over the Internet - 2007

[Dennis Donovan]

1. Recommended - We Will Never Forget the Sacrifice of Organized Labor.

Not now - ESPECIALLY NOT now!

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[progdonkey]

2. "Oct 5"? ;-) eom

[Omaha Steve]

4. OOPS :-)

Corrected. Thanks.

[Sancho]

3. I always check "today in labor history"; Thanks Omaha Steve!

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