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Omaha Steve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-30-09 05:33 AM
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Today in labor history Mar 30, 35,000 unemployed New Yorkers marched police beat 100, 13 arrests

March 30

Chicago stockyard workers win 8-hour day - 1918

March 30, 1930 - At the height of the Great Depression, 35,000 unemployed New Yorkers marched in Union Square. Plainclothes police beat many demonstrators. One hundred people were injured and 13 arrested.

March 30, 1970 - The federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act was enacted. For more on mine safety, visit this website, http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/mining/

Harry Bridges, Australian-born dock union leader, dies at age 88. He helped form and lead the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) for 40 years. A Bridges quote: “The most important word in the language of the working class is ‘solidarity’” - 1990.

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