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Significant dates in labour history.
August 01
- The
Jiu Valley miners' strike of 1977
began in
Romania
; the
1942–44 musicians' strike
began in the U.S.;
Mary Harris "Mother" Jones
was born; the
United Firefighters Union of Australia
was founded
August 02
-
Robert Zieger
was born; the
Contrat nouvelle embauche
entered into force in France in 2005
August 03
- The
Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization
strike began in the U.S.
August 04
-
Joseph Paul-Boncour
was born; the
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
was formed
August 05
- The
Lupeni Strike of 1929
occurred in
Romania
; the
National Labor Board
was created;
Devan Nair
was born
August 06
-
Jackie Presser
was born
August 07
-
Frank Fitzsimmons
was born
August 08
-
David McDonald
died; the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
was formed;
Arthur Goldberg
was born
August 09
- The
California School Employees Association
was founded;
Raymond McKay
died;
Harry Davenport
died;
Thomas E. Scanlon
died; the
1981 Major League Baseball strike
ended in the U.S. and Canada;
John Willcock
was born
August 10
- The
U.S. Steel recognition strike of 1901
began;
Iorwith Wilbur Abel
died;
Dorothy Jacobs Bellanca
was born
August 11
- The
International Longshore and Warehouse Union
was founded;
Iorwith Wilbur Abel
was born;
Rose Schneiderman
died;
Edwin D. Hill
was born
August 12
- The
Buffalo switchmen's strike
of
1892
began; the
1994–95 Major League Baseball strike
began in the U.S. and Canada; the
National War Labor Board
was abolished in
1919
; the
Chorus Equity Association
was founded; the
Unión General de Trabajadores
was founded
August 13
-
Carlos Ortega
escaped from prison in
Venezuela
and disappeared
August 14
-
Solidarity
struck for the first time;
Joseph Curran
died;
Lane Kirkland
died;
Selig Perlman
died;
N. M. Perera
died
August 15
- The
1890 Australian maritime dispute
began;
Herbert Hill
died; lockout of the
Canadian Media Guild
began in
2005
in Canada;
Anna Walentynowicz
was born
August 16
-
George Meany
was born;
Dorothy Jacobs Bellanca
died
August 18
- The
1989 Australian pilots' strike
began; the
American Federation of Government Employees
was founded;
Alberto Hurtado
died
August 19
- The
Maritime Trades Department
of the
AFL–CIO
was founded;
Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association
launched a strike against
Northwest Airlines
August 22
- The
United Farm Workers
was founded; the
Association of Flight Attendants
was founded
August 23
- The
Gurindji strike
began in
1966
in Australia; the
Salad Bowl strike
began in the U.S.
August 24
-
Ray Stevenson
died
August 25
- The
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
was founded; the
Battle of Blair Mountain
began in
1921
in the U.S.; the
2006 Progressive Enterprises dispute
began in New Zealand; the
Buffalo switchmen's strike
ended in the U.S.;
Charles Millard
was born;
Miron Cozma
was born
August 26
- The
Dublin Lock-out
began in
1913
August 27
-
Juan Lechín Oquendo
died
August 28
- The
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
occurred; the film
Matewan
was released; the
Central Única dos Trabalhadores
was founded
August 29
- The
British police strikes in 1918 and 1919
began; the
U.S. Supreme Court
ruled
picketing
is not a breach of the peace in
Cox v. Louisiana
;
Emmanuel Christopher Loblack
was born
August 31
- The
Gdańsk Agreement
was signed, ending the first wave of strikes by
Solidarity
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