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Significant dates in labour history.
July 01
- The
Great Railroad Strike of 1922
began in the U.S.; the Regina Riot occurred during the
On-to-Ottawa Trek
in Canada in
1935
;
Lee Pressman
was born;
P. H. McCarthy
died; the
Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia
was founded; the
Westmoreland County coal strike of 1910–11
ended in the U.S.
July 02
-
William J. McCarthy
was born;
Edward Ikem Okeke
died; the
U.S. Supreme Court
decided
Brown v. Hotel and Restaurant Employees
July 03
- The
United States Army
began suppression of the
American Railway Union
during the
Pullman Strike
in
1894
July 04
- The
Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention
came into force
July 05
- "Bloody Thursday" occurred during the
1934 West Coast waterfront strike
in the U.S.
July 06
-
Peter J. McGuire
was born; the
Homestead Strike
culminated with a battle between
Pinkerton
agents and striking workers
July 07
-
Eugene V. Debs
was arrested during the
Pullman Strike
in
1894
; the
1998 Puerto Rican general strike
began
July 08
-
Jesse Simons
died
July 09
-
Jackie Presser
died; the
Transport Workers Union of America
won the "Squeegee Strike" at the
IRT
in
1935
July 10
-
Sidney Hillman
died;
George W. Taylor
was born;
Donald Richberg
was born
July 11
-
Frank Duffy
died;
Sigurd Lucassen
was born
July 12
- The
British Columbia Teachers' Federation
was founded;
Arnold Miller
died;
Clara Lemlich
died;
Edgar Nixon
was born; the
Bisbee Deportation
occurred in the U.S. in 1917
July 13
- The
U.S. Steel recognition strike of 1901
began
July 14
- The
Great Railroad Strike of 1877
began in the U.S.
July 15
- The
Steel strike of 1959
began in the U.S.;
Set Persson
died;
Michael Costa
was born; the
Vancouver Police Union
was founded
July 16
-
Frank Rudolph Crosswaith
was born
July 17
- The
Cape Breton coal strike of 1981
began in Canada
July 18
-
William J. McCarthy
defeated
Weldon Mathis
as
Teamsters
president in
1988
;
Robert Georgine
was born; the
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949
, one of the two primary labour conventions of the
ILO
, came into force
July 19
- The
Hatch Act of 1939
was extended to cover state and local government workers in the U.S.;
Benjamin Gitlow
died;
Rhoda Williams
died
July 20
- The
Newsboys' strike of 1899
began
July 22
-
Patrick J. Campbell
was born; the
2004–05 NHL lockout
ended in the U.S. and Canada
July 23
-
Emma Tenayuca
died
July 24
- The
1952 steel strike
ended in the U.S.;
Ben Gold
died; the
Alliance for Labor Action
is formed
July 25
-
Farrell Dobbs
was born; the
Service Employees International Union
and the
Teamsters
announced their intention to leave the
AFL–CIO
; labor attorney
Arthur Goldberg
resigned as
Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
July 26
-
Elias Motsoaledi
was born;
William Trenwith
died; the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
, banning workplace discrimination based on disability, became law
July 27
- The Polish film
Man of Iron
was released in 1981
July 28
-
Harry Bridges
was born; the
1913 Paterson silk strike
ended in the U.S.;
Florence Cohen
was born
July 29
- The
Sailors' Union of the Pacific
was formed; the
United Food and Commercial Workers
disaffiliated from the
AFL–CIO
July 30
-
Jimmy Hoffa
disappeared in
1975
; the
Arizona copper mine strike of 1983
began in the U.S.
July 31
-
Edward T. Hanley
resigned as president of
HERE
after a corruption scandal
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