Today in Labor History Mar 8 Despite beatings by police, winning a 10 % wage increase, more

[Omaha Steve]

March 8

Thousands of New York needle trades workers demonstrate for higher wages, shorter workday, and end to child labor. The demonstration became the basis for International Women’s Day - 1908

Three explosions at a Utah Fuel Co. mine in Castle Gate, Utah kill 171. Fifty of the fatalities were native-born Greeks, 25 were Italians, 32 English or Scots, 12 Welsh, four Japanese, and three Austrians (or South Slavs). The youngest victim was 15; the oldest, 73 - 1924

New York members of the Fur and Leather Workers Union, many of them women, strike for better pay and conditions. They persevere despite beatings by police, winning a 10 percent wage increase and five-day work week - 1926

And this: March 8, 1926 - Members of the Fur and Leather Workers Union, many of them women, went on strike in New York. Despite suffering beatings by police, the strikers persevered and won a 10 percent wage increase and five-day work week.

The Norris-LaGuardia Anti-Injunction Act took effect on this day. It limits the ability of federal judges to issue injunctions against workers and unions involved in labor disputes - 1932

Cesar Chavez leads 5,000 striking farmworkers on a march through the streets of Salinas, Calif. - 1979

Labor history found here: http://www.unionist.com/today-in-labor-history & here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_03_08_2011

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http://www.internationalwomensday.com/