Birthdate of Mary Kenney O’Sullivan, first AFL woman organizer. In 1880 she organized the Woman’s Bookbinder Union and in 1903 was a founder of the National Women’s Trade Union League - 1864
Wobblie organizer and singer Joe Hill allegedly kills two men during a grocery store hold-up in Utah. He is ultimately executed by a firing squad for the crime despite much dispute over whether he was framed - 1914
Former AFL-CIO President George Meany dies at age 85. The one-time plumber led the labor federation from the time of the AFL and CIO merger in 1955 until shortly before his death - 1980
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