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Omaha Steve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-08 09:03 PM
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Today in labor history Dec 3 Textile strikers win 10-hour day

December 03

Textile strikers win 10-hour day, Fall River, Mass. - 1866

IWW union Brotherhood of Timber Workers organized - 1910



December 3, 1946 - A general strike shut down Oakland, California. It started as a walkout by female clerks at two major department stores. Read more at these links: http://libcom.org/library/oakland-general-strike-stan-weir and http://www.dickmeister.com/id100.html

Arrests began today in Middleton, NJ of teachers striking in violation of a no-strike law. Ultimately 228 educators were jailed for up to seven days before they were released following the Middleton Township Education Association’s agreement to take the dispute to mediation - 2001

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demosincebirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-03-08 09:59 PM
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1. Thanks, I remember the strike. I was just a little tike.
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