Today in labor history Mar 11 Luddites smash 63 “labor saving” textile machines

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March 11

Luddites smash 63 “labor saving” textile machines near Nottingham, England - 1811

Fabled railroad engineer John Luther “Casey” Jones born in southeast Missouri. A member of the Railroad Engineers, he was the sole fatality in a wreck near Vaughan, Miss. on April 29, 1900. His skill and heroics prevented many more deaths - 1863


March 11, 1930 - Mahatma Gandhi began the Salt March, from Ahmadabad to Delhi, in protest against the salt tax. The action, by the very simplicity of its nature, exposed the tyranny of British rule in India.

Transport Workers Union members at American Airlines win 11-day national strike, gaining what the union says was the first severance pay clause in industry - 1950