Today in Labor History Nov 2 union leader & socialist Debs receives a million votes for President

[Omaha Steve]

Posted a day late.

November 2

November 2, 1889 - North Dakota became the 39th state and South Dakota became the 40th state.

150 arrested in IWW free speech fight, Spokane, Wash. - 1909

Railroad union leader & socialist Eugene V. Debs receives a million votes for President while imprisoned - 1920

And this: November 2, 1920 - Labor leader Eugene V. Debs, nominee of the Socialist Party, received nearly 1 million votes for president – while running from a prison cell. “Convict #9653” had been jailed for opposing the first World War. He championed the rights of working people and the oppressed.

President Reagan signs a bill designating a federal holiday honoring the civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., to be observed on the third Monday of January - 1983

Labor history found here: http://www.unionist.com/today-in-labor-history & here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_11_2_2010

[DoBotherMe]

1. I wish we were socialistic

It's a fine way to be. Thanks for the great labor posts, Steve. Dana ; )