Today in Labor History Jan 14 Pa Court rules bosses can fire workers for being gay, Clinton OSHA

[Omaha Steve]

January 14

January 14, 1868 - Eighty-five delegates from 41 locals held the third convention of the National Bricklayers Union in New York City. Their main topic of discussion was the eight-hour workday.

Clinton-era OSHA issues confined spaces standard to prevent more than 50 deaths and 5,000 serious injuries annually for workers who enter confined spaces - 1993

Pennsylvania Superior Court rules bosses can fire workers for being gay - 1995


Some 14,000 General Electric employees strike for two days to protest the company's mid-contract decision to shift an average of $400 in additional health care co-payments onto each worker - 2003

Labor history found here: http://www.unionist.com/today-in-labor-history & here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_01_14_2010

[midnight]

1. Discrimination has many unconstitutional applications.....

[old mark]

2. Pennsylvania legislators and politicians usually manage to find a way to make me ashamed.

They are a very bad lot overall, probably the most corrupt state legislature in the US.


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