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Omaha Steve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-20-11 09:43 PM
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Today in Labor History Feb 20 Thousands of women march to New York’s City Hall & 18 arrested jobs

February 20

Rally for unemployed becomes major confrontation in Philadelphia, 18 arrested for demanding jobs - 1908

Thousands of women march to New York’s City Hall demanding relief from exorbitant wartime food prices. Inflation had wiped out any wage gains made by workers, leading to a high level of working class protest during World War I - 1917

United Mine Workers settle 10-month Pittston strike in Virginia, Kentucky and West Virginia - 1990

Labor history found here: http://www.unionist.com/today-in-labor-history & here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_02_20_2011
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