Today in Labor History Nov 5, 7 Wobblies killed, 50 wounded and an indeterminate number missing & mo

[Omaha Steve]

Posted a day late.

November 5

Eugene V. Debs - labor leader, socialist, three-time candidate for president and first president of the American Railway Union, born - 1855

And this: November 5, 1855 - Labor leader and socialist Eugene V. Debs was born in Terre Haute, Indiana. "The strike is a weapon of the oppressed, of men capable of appreciating justice and having the courage to resist wrong and contend for principle," he said.


Everett, Wash., massacre, at least seven Wobblies killed, 50 wounded and an indeterminate number missing - 1916

November 5, 1918 - The Farmer Labor Party appeared on the ballot in Minnesota for the first time. David Evans, a hardware merchant from Tracy, ran for governor and Tom Davis, a prominent Minneapolis labor attorney, sought the office of attorney general. Neither was elected, but a new political movement was born. The Farmer Labor campaign that year was headed by E.G. Hall, president of the Minnesota Federation of Labor.

Some 12,000 television and movie writers begin what was to become a three-month strike against producers over demands for an increase in pay for movies and television shows released on DVD and for a bigger share of the revenue from work delivered over the Internet - 2007

Labor history found here: http://www.unionist.com/today-in-labor-history & here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_11_5_2010

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. I grew up with stories of the Everett Massacre.

Everett was my hometown, and I come from solid blue collar Dem stock.Solid Union.


I think we as Dems lost it when blue collar work was seen as demeaning. And when blue collar work was exported.

So many people died in the fight for decent pay, decent working conditions.
I wonder if we have to regress back to times like those before we find the will to fight again?

I appreciate your posts on Labor, thank you.


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