Today in Labor History Feb 15 Susan B. Anthony born, 25 million people demonstrated against W Bush!

[Omaha Steve]

February 15

Susan B. Anthony, suffragist, abolitionist, labor activist, born in Adams, Mass. - 1820

And this:
February 15, 1820 - Suffragist, women's rights advocate and labor activist Susan B. Anthony was born.

U.S. legislators pass the Civil Works Emergency Relief Act, providing funds for the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, which funneled money to states plagued by Depression-era poverty and unemployment, and oversaw the subsequent distribution and relief efforts - 1934

The Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) expels the Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers; the Food, Tobacco & Agricultural Workers; and the United Office & Professional Workers for “Communist tendencies.” Other unions expelled for the same reason (dates uncertain): Fur and Leather Workers, the Farm Equipment Union, the International Longshoremen’s Union, the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers - 1950

February 15, 2003 - In the largest coordinated protest in world history, 25 million people demonstrated against President George W. Bush’s plan to go to war in Iraq. Demonstrations took place in more than 100 countries.

Labor history found here: http://www.unionist.com/today-in-labor-history & here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_02_15_2011