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Significant dates in labour history.
December 01
-
W. A. Boyle
was born; the
Federated Ship Painters and Dockers Union
was dissolved
December 02
- The
Professional Footballers' Association
was founded
December 03
-
Tom Mooney
died
December 04
- The
American Federation of Labor
and
Congress of Industrial Organizations
were dissolved;
George L. Berry
died; the
2007 South Africa miners' strike
occurred
December 05
- The
American Federation of Labor
and
Congress of Industrial Organizations
merged to form the
AFL–CIO
December 06
-
Santa Marta massacre
occurred in
Colombia
in
1928
; the
Bituminous coal strike of 1977–78
began in the U.S.; the
Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance
was founded
December 07
- The
International Union of Operating Engineers
was founded; the
Fiji Teachers Union
was founded;
Vere Bird
was born
December 08
-
Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions
disbanded to from the
American Federation of Labor
;
Anil Moonesinghe
died;
Bernice Fisher
was born
December 09
-
Thomas Hepburn
died; the
International Federation of Building and Wood Workers
was dissolved;
Bob Hawke
was born;
Selig Perlman
was born;
Pablo Iglesias
died
December 10
-
Jean Maitron
is born; the
American Federation of Teachers
won its first collective bargaining election
December 11
- The
Union of Democratic Mineworkers
was founded
December 12
-
Ron Carey
died;
Michael Ratchford
died;
Anthony Provenzano
died;
Charles Ballam
died;
Tommy Lewis
was born
December 13
-
Samuel Gompers
died;
Bernard Kleiman
died;
William Spence
died; the
U.S. Supreme Court
decided
United States v. Wheeler
December 15
-
George Hardy
was born;
George W. Taylor
died;
Chico Mendes
was born;
Mark Hewitson
was born;
Clinton Jencks
died
December 16
- The
Rothbury riot
occurred in
1929
in Australia
December 17
-
Clarence Gillis
died;
Mustafa al-Hallaj
died
December 18
- The
Transport and General Workers' Union
and
Amicus
voted to merge into a new union,
Unite
, in 2006; the
Cincinnati Federation of Teachers
was formed; the
Supreme Court of Canada
issued its landmark ruling in
RWDSU v. Dolphin Delivery Ltd.
;
Douglas Fraser
was born;
Randi Weingarten
was born
December 19
-
Frank Keys Foster
was born; the
Ford Strike of 1945
in Canada ended;
B. T. Ranadive
was born
December 20
- The
2005 New York City transit strike
began; two of the
Sydney Twelve
were executed in Australia in 1916; the
Supreme Court of Canada
issued its landmark ruling in
Dunmore v. Ontario (Attorney General)
; the
Occupational Safety and Health Act
became law in the U.S. in 1970;
Richard Cordtz
was born
December 21
-
William Usery Jr.
was born
December 22
-
Chico Mendes
died; the
2005 New York City transit strike
ended
December 23
-
1929 Australian timber workers' strike
began;
Gunnar Sträng
was born;
Derek Simpson
was born;
Ella Vogelaar
was born
December 24
-
Ed Boyce
died; the
Electrical Trades Union of Australia
was formed;
Italian Hall Disaster
in 1913
December 25
-
Ed Hochuli
was born;
Bartholomew Ulufa'alu
was born;
Philip Vera Cruz
was born
December 26
-
A series of general strikes
began in
1996
in South Korea;
Dave Beck
died
December 27
-
Cyrus S. Ching
died;
Free Workers' Union of Germany
was founded;
William Konyha
died;
John La Rose
was born;
Makhan Singh
was born
December 28
-
Agnes Nestor
died
December 29
-
Flint sit-down strike
began in
1936
; the
Indian Labour Organization
was founded;
Ted Theodore
was born
December 30
-
Bill Tytla
died
December 31
- The
International Typographical Union
was dissolved;
Joseph Yablonski
was murdered on the orders of
United Mine Workers
president
W. A. Boyle
;
John Garden
died
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