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Significant dates in labour history.
March 01
-
Joseph Curran
was born; the
S.S. California strike
began in
1936
in the
U.S.
; the
South Korean railroad strike of 2006
began; the
Australian Rail Tram and Bus Industry Union
was founded;
Tinos Rusere
died;
Clinton Jencks
was born
March 02
- The
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
signed a first contract with
U.S. Steel
; the
Confederation of Labour of Kazakhstan
was founded
March 03
-
William Green
was born;
Frances Perkins
became
U.S. Labor Secretary
and the first female member of the
Cabinet
;
Joseph Yablonski
was born
March 04
-
Shannon J. Wall
was born; the formation of
SLOMR
was announced in
Romania
;
Sam Pollock
died;
Art Babbitt
died; the
South Korean railroad strike of 2006
ended;
Joseph Ashby
died
March 05
- The
UK miners' strike of 1984–1985
began;
Thomas Devin Reilly
died
March 06
- The
Sailors' Union of the Pacific
was founded;
Richard Frankensteen
was born;
James Thompson Bain
was born; the
1912 Brisbane general strike
ended in
Australia
March 07
- The
2003 Broadway Musicians Strike
began in the
U.S.
March 08
-
Buzz Hargrove
was born;
Rhoda Williams
died
March 09
-
Westmoreland County Coal Strike of 1910–1911
began;
Ernest Bevin
was born;
Amir Peretz
was born;
John Golding
was born
March 10
-
Morgan Tsvangirai
was born
March 11
-
Ron Todd
was born;
Jack Egerton
was born
March 12
-
Lane Kirkland
was born; the first employer agreed to union demands, effectively ending the
Lawrence textile strike
in the
U.S.
in 1912;
Edward Grayndler
died;
Andrew Furuseth
was born
March 13
-
Ami Chandra
died;
Irmã Dulce
died;
Paul Mattick
was born
March 14
- The
Asbestos Strike
began in
Canada
in 1949; the film
Salt of the Earth
was released in 1953;
Michael Foster
was born
March 15
- A major insider-trading scandal was exposed at the
Union Labor Life Insurance Company
in the
U.S.
;
William McFetridge
died;
William Broadhead
died
March 16
- The
Bydgoszcz events
began in
Poland
in
1981
;
Lloyd McBride
was born;
James Petrillo
was born; the
United Federation of Teachers
was founded;
Samizu Matsuki
was born
March 17
-
Edward J. McElroy
was born;
P. H. McCarthy
was born;
Edward William O'Sullivan
was born
March 18
- The
U.S. postal strike of 1970
began
Seymour Martin Lipset
was born
March 19
- The
Bituminous Coal Strike of 1977-1978
ended in the
U.S.
March 20
- The
U.S. Supreme Court
decided
Teamsters v. Terry
; the
General Union of Moroccan Workers
was founded; the
Structural Building Trades Alliance
was founded
March 21
- The
Australian Industrial Relations Commission
decided the
Three certified agreements case
in 2005; the
U.S. Supreme Court
decided
National Treasury Employees Union v. Von Raab
;
Alice Henry
was born
March 22
-
Ron Carey
was born;
Matthew Guinan
died;
Roy Lee Williams
was born;
Thomas Helliker
died
March 23
-
Coalition of Labor Union Women
was founded;
Christiane Brunner
was born;
Kate Bronfenbrenner
was born;
Edward Lamb
died;
Will H. Daly
died; the
Andhra Pradesh Federation of Trade Unions
was founded;
Lou Cunningham
died;
Basawon Singh (Sinha)
was born;
Sigurd Lucassen
died
March 25
- The
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
occurred; the
Argentine Regional Workers' Federation
was founded;
Paul Mackney
was born
March 26
-
Hugh Mulzac
was born; the
Alberta Union of Provincial Employees
was founded;
James Callaghan
died
March 27
-
James Callaghan
was born;
WorkChoices
entered into force in
Australia
in 2006
March 29
- The
U.S. Supreme Court
decided
West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish
;
John Ducker
was born
March 30
- The
New York State United Teachers
is founded
March 31
-
César Chávez
was born;
GMB
was founded;
MEA-MFT
was founded;
Mei Li Vos
was born
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