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"Change means movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of a nonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasive friction of conflict." photo: Saul Alinsky The "Shoemakers of Boston"—the first labor organization in what would later become the United States—was authorized by the Massachusetts Bay Colony - 1648
New York City agrees to pay women school teachers a rate equal to that of men - 1911 IWW Colorado Mine strike; first time all coal fields are out - 1927 Some 58,000 Chrysler Corp. workers strike for wage increases - 1939 The United Packinghouse Workers of America (UPWA) was formed as a self-governing union, an outgrowth of the CIO's Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee. UPWA merged with the Meatcutters union in 1968, which merged with the Retail Clerks in 1979 to form the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) - 1943 GM agrees to hire more women and minorities for five years as part of a settlement with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - 1983 Compiled/edited by Union Communication Services The Frontier West Virginia contract has been extended for three months as negotiations continue. The contract will now expire on November 4. Area locals affected include CWA locals 2107 and 2222.
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