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Significant dates in labour history.
May 01
- In 1884 Proclamation of the demand for
eight-hour workday
in the United States. Two years later, in 1886, the general strike which eventually won the eight-hour workday in the United States, began. These events are today commemorated as
May Day
or
Labor Day
in most industrialized countries;
Thomas Lewis
died; the
1946 Pilbara strike
occurred in
Australia
;
International Woodworkers of America
merged with the
International Association of Machinists
;
Mike Watson
was born; the
Taksim Square massacre
occurred in
Turkey
in 1977
May 02
-
Nazi Germany
outlawed free
trade unions
and established the
German Labour Front
;
Bernice Fisher
died
May 03
- The
International Typographical Union
was founded; the
Bay View Tragedy
occurred in
1886
in the
U.S.
May 04
-
Haymarket Riot
occurred in
1886
in the
U.S.
May 05
-
John Sweeney
was born;
Jackie Presser
stepped down as
Teamsters
president due to
cancer
;
James Duncan
was born
May 06
-
Miguel Contreras
died;
Frank Fitzsimmons
died;
Ludvik Buland
was born
May 07
-
Miguel Contreras
was born;
Maurice Hutcheson
was born;
David Sullivan
was born
May 08
-
Jerome Wurf
was born; the
Hard Hat riot
occurred in the
U.S.
in 1970
May 09
-
Elias Motsoaledi
died;
1934 West Coast Waterfront Strike
began in the
U.S.
May 10
-
Isaac Theophilus Akunna Wallace-Johnson
died;
Walter Philip Reuther
died; the
2008 Skorpion Zinc Strike
began in
Namibia
May 11
-
William Konyha
was born;
Pullman Strike
began in
1894
in the
U.S.
May 12
-
Coal Strike of 1902
began in the
U.S.
; the
American Maritime Officers
was founded
May 13
-
Henk Sneevliet
was born
May 14
-
Arthur Moore (labor leader)
was born; the
Ådalen shootings
occurred in
Sweden
in
1931
May 15
-
Pope Leo XIII
issued
Rerum Novarum
;
Winnipeg General Strike of 1919
began;
George Mock
stepped down as president of the
Teamsters
after eight days; the
Ulster Workers' Council Strike
began in
1974
in
Northern Ireland
; the
U.S. Supreme Court
decided
Gompers v. Buck's Stove and Range Co.
;
Arthur Creech Jones
was born
May 16
- The
Minneapolis General Strike of 1934
began in the
U.S.
; the
Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions
was founded; the
U.S. Supreme Court
decided
NLRB v. Mackay Radio & Telegraph Co.
;
A. Philip Randolph
died
May 17
- The first
Starbucks Workers Union
was organized; former trade union leader
Francisco Largo Caballero
was deposed as prime minister of Spain
May 18
-
Bill Haywood
died; the
Atlanta transit strike of 1950
began in the
U.S.
May 19
-
James P. Hoffa
was born; the
Battle of Matewan
began in
1920
in the
U.S.
May 21
-
Cyrus S. Ching
was born
May 22
-
Agustín Tosco
was born; the
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
was disbanded in 1942; the
United Steel Workers of America
was founded in 1942
May 23
- The "Battle of Toledo" occurred during the
Auto-Lite Strike
in
1934
in the
U.S.
May 24
- The
Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals
was founded;
Peter J. Brennan
was born
May 25
-
Philip Murray
was born; the
Remington Rand strike of 1936–1937
began in the
U.S.
;
Basdeo Panday
was born;
Will H. Daly
was born
May 26
-
Actors' Equity Association
was founded; the
Ohio Federation of Teachers
was founded
May 27
- The
U.S. Supreme Court
decided
In re Debs
May 29
- The
Disney animators' strike
began in
1941
in the
U.S.
; the
Cordobazo
uprising began in
1969
in
Argentina
; the
2006 TTC wildcat strike
began in
Canada
May 30
-
William Sidell
was born; the
Memorial Day massacre of 1937
occurred in the
U.S.
; the
U.S. Supreme Court
decided
Lehnert v. Ferris Faculty Association
May 31
-
W. A. Boyle
died
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