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Omaha Steve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-17-11 08:48 PM
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Today in Labor History May 17 SCOTUS outlaws segregation in public schools, NYC Starbucks workers..

May 17

First women’s anti-slavery conference, Philadelphia - 1838


Supreme Court outlaws segregation in public schools - 1954


Twelve Starbucks baristas in a mid-town Manhattan store, declaring they couldn’t live on $7.75 an hour, signed cards demanding representation by the Industrial Workers of the World, or Wobblies. Management roadblocks continue to deny the workers their union to this day - 2004 (For more on the IWW, check out Solidarity Forever: An Oral History of the IWW in the UCS bookstore)

Labor history found here: http://www.unionist.com/today-in-labor-history & here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_05_17_2011

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