Click here to check out this week's Labor History Today podcast, featuring labor historian Joe McCartin, former AFSCME Council 26 Executive Director Carl Goldman and CWA researcher Debbie Goldman, hosted by Chris Garlock, with music from the film "Soundtrack for a Revolution," screening 2/27 at the Shirlington DC LaborFest Bread and Roses series. Available now on iTunes, Stitcher and Overcast; search for Union City Radio!
Congress OKs the Contract Labor Law, designed to clamp down on "business agents" who contracted abroad for immigrant labor. One of the reasons 19th-century unions supported the measure: employers were exploiting foreign workers to fight against the growing U.S. labor movement, primarily by deploying immigrant labor to break strikes - 1885 Bethlehem Steel workers strike for union recognition, Bethlehem, Pa. - 1941 A coal slag heap doubling as a dam in West Virginia’s Buffalo Creek Valley collapsed, flooding the 17-mile long valley. 118 died, 5,000 were left homeless. The Pittston Coal Co. said it was "an act of God" - 1972 A 20-week strike by 70,000 Southern California supermarket workers ends, with both sides claiming victory - 2004 Compiled/edited by Union Communication Services Comments are closed.
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