Today in Labor History Dec 6 African American delegates meet in DC, 361 miners die US worst & more

[Omaha Steve]

Posted a day late.

December 6


African American delegates meet in Washington, D.C., to form the Colored National Labor Union as a branch of the all-white National Labor Union created three years earlier. Unlike the NLU, the CNLU welcomed members of all races. Isaac Myers was the CNLU's founding president; Frederick Douglas became president in 1872 - 1869

And this: December 6, 1869 - The Colored National Labor Union met in convention for the first time in Washington, D.C. Some 214 delegates attended. This union was a counterpart to the white National Labor Union. The assembly sent a petition to Congress requesting direct intervention in the alleviation of the "condition of the colored workers of the southern States" by subdividing the public lands of the South into forty-acre farms and providing low-interest loans to black farmers.

361 coal miners die at Monongah, W.V., in nation's worst mining disaster - 1907

International Glove Workers Union of America merges into Amalgamated Clothing Workers - 1961

Labor history found here: http://www.unionist.com/today-in-labor-history & here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_12_6_2010

[Petrushka]

1. More info re: nation's worst mine disaster at the following WV link --->

http://www.wvculture.org/history/thisdayinwvhistory/1206.html

Edited to add:
362 miners killed, according to WV history.