Miners
Today in labor history: Miners’ National Association forms
October 11, 2013It sought to unite all miners as workers in a single industrial union, regardless of skill level or ethnicity.
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Today in labor history: The murder of Frank Little
August 1, 2013August 1, 1917: After organizing a strike against the Anaconda Copper Company, Frank Little was dragged by six masked men from his Butte, Mont., hotel room and hung from a railroad trestle.
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Patriot Coal walkout on talks forces miners to consider strike
June 13, 2013TRIANGLE, Va. (PAI) - Workers at Patriot Coal Co., which is now undergoing bankruptcy reorganization, will have to prepare for a strike authorization vote after firm managers walked out of talks on a settlement on June...
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Today in labor history: Western Federation of Miners founded
May 15, 2013"The mine owners did not find the gold, they did not mine the gold, they did not mill the gold, but by some weird alchemy, all the gold belonged to them!"
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Today in labor history: May 13 a busy day !
May 14, 2013On May 13, over the years, mine workers unionize, dock workers strike, auto workers face give-backs, cab drivers go out.
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