Today in Labor History Feb 20 UMW settles 10-month Pittston strike in Va, WV, Ky & 1,000sWomen March

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Today in Labor History Feb 20 UMW settles 10-month Pittston strike in Va, WV, Ky & 1,000sWomen March

February 20

Rally for unemployed becomes major riot in Philadelphia, 18 arrested for demanding jobs - 1908

February 20, 1917 - Thousands of women marched to City Hall in New York to demand relief from exorbitant wartime food prices. Inflation had wiped out any wage gains made by workers, leading to a high level of working class protest during World War I.

United Mine Workers settle 10-month Pittston strike in Virginia, Kentucky and West Virginia - 1990

Labor history found here: http://www.unionist.com/today-in-labor-history & here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_02_20_2010

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