This week’s Labor History Today podcast: Jane Street and the Rebel Maids of Denver. Last week's episode: Union women heroes, past and present.
March 23 Norris-La Guardia Act restricts injunctions against unions and bans yellow dog contracts, which require newly-hired workers to declare they are not union members and will not join one - 1932 Five days into the Post Office’s first mass work stoppage in 195 years, President Nixon declares a national emergency and orders 30,000 troops to New York City to break the strike. The troops didn’t have a clue how to sort and deliver mail: a settlement came a few days later - 1970 Coalition of Labor Union Women founded in Chicago by some 3,000 delegates from 58 unions and other organizations - 1974 March 24 Groundbreaking on the first section of the New York City subway system, from City Hall to the Bronx. According to the New York Times, this was a worker’s review of the digging style of the well-dressed Subway Commissioners: "I wouldn't give th' Commish'ners foive cents a day fer a digging job. They're too shtiff" - 1900 - David Prosten. Comments are closed.
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