Labor history Aug 29 Dancers at Lusty Lady Club vote to be represented, more than 364 times the avg

[Omaha Steve]

August 29

August 29, 1879 - Nova Scotia miners formed Canada's first labor union -- the Provincial Workingmen's Association.


Dancers at San Francisco’s Lusty Lady Club vote 57-15 to be represented by SEIU Local 790. Their first union contract, ratified eight months later, guaranteed work shifts, protection against arbitrary discipline and termination, automatic hourly wage increases, sick days, a grievance procedure, and removal of one-way mirrors from peep show booths - 1996

Northwest Airlines pilots, after years of concessions to help the airline, begin what is to become a two-week strike for higher pay - 1998


Delegates to the Minnesota AFL-CIO convention approve the launching of workdayminnesota.org, now in its 11th year. It was the first web-based daily labor news service by a state labor federation - 2000

And this: August 29, 2000 - www.workdayminnesota.org was launched at the Minnesota AFL-CIO convention in Rochester. The online labor news service helps link union members and other working people across the state.

The CEOs of large American companies made an average of $10.8 million in 2006, more than 364 times the average pay of American workers, reported the Institute for Policy Studies and United for a Fair Economy - 2007

Labor history found here: http://www.unionist.com/big-labor/today-in-labor-history & here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_08_29_2011

[WCGreen]

1. Strippers of the world Unite....

I love it...

[valerief]

2. "All Clothing 100% Off."

:rofl: