Today in labor history Aug 7 includes my wife Marta!

[Omaha Steve]

August 07

Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Wobblie organizer, born - 1890

Eugene Debs and three other trade unionists arrested after Pullman Strike - 1894

United Slate, Tile & Composition Roofers, Damp & Waterproof Workers Association change name to Roofers, Waterproofers & Allied Workers - 1978

Some 675,000 employees struck ATT Corp. over wages, job security, pension plan changes and better health insurance. It was the last time CWA negotiated at one table for all its Bell System members: divestiture came a few months later. The strike was won after 22 days - 1983

Television writers, members of The Writers Guild of America, end a 22-week strike with a compromise settlement - 1988


Note that my wife Marta stayed out on strike 3 weeks against AT&T in the 83 strike. I had just returned to work after being out of work for the most part the last 3 years. My labor case with the NLRB made it hard to find work. I was a GAU organizer in a non union shop when I was fired. We did win and settle my case 6 months later.

[Bluzmann57]

1. I remember the AT&T strike

The company had employees here in Davenport, IA who were picketing. None of them were my wife though. Glad your wife hung tough.

[soleft]

2. That's very cool