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Significant dates in labour history.
October 01
- The
McNamara Brothers
bombed the
Los Angeles Times
in 1910
;
Israel Kugler
died
October 02
-
Peter J. Brennan
died
October 03
-
J. H. Thomas
was born;
Clarence Gillis
was born
October 05
- The
Hollywood Black Friday
riot occurred during a set decorators' strike in
1945
; the
Winter of Discontent
began in the United Kingdom in 1978;
Tony Mazzocchi
died
October 06
-
American Dream
, a film about the 1985-86 strike at
Hormel
, debuted; the
British Seafarers' Union
was founded; the
South African Democratic Teachers Union
was founded
October 07
-
Joe Hill
was born; the
Structural Building Trades Alliance
was formed;
Joseph Labadie
died
October 08
-
James Kirby
died;
Lee Batchelor
died
October 09
- The
Taft–Hartley Act
was invoked for the first time in U.S. history during the
Steel strike of 1959
;
John McBride
died;
James J. Reynolds
died
October 10
-
A series of general strikes
began in
1995
in France
October 11
-
Joe Morris
died;
Joseph Lanza
died
October 12
- The
German Confederation of Trade Unions
was founded in
Munich
in 1949; the general strike began in the
Nigerian Oil Crisis
in 2004;
Edward Grayndler
was born
October 13
-
Sandra Feldman
was born
October 14
-
Matthew Guinan
was born;
NASCAR
union leader
Curtis Turner
died;
Marcus Thrane
was born
October 15
- The
International Seamen's Union
was chartered by the
AFL
as the
Seafarers International Union
; the
Confédération Française de l'Encadrement - Confédération Générale des Cadres
was founded
October 16
-
I. C. Frimu
was born
October 17
-
Giovanni Gronchi
died
October 18
-
Pablo Iglesias
was born
October 19
-
William Coaker
was born;
Bill Morris
was born
October 20
-
George Becker
was born;
William Hutcheson
died;
Eugene V. Debs
died;
Weldon Mathis
died
October 21
-
Gary Chaison
is born
October 22
- The
Confederation of Turkish Real Trade Unions
was founded;
Jean-Pierre Timbaud
died
October 23
- The
Coal strike of 1902
ended in the U.S.;
James Petrillo
died;
Robert Courtleigh
was born;
Arthur Creech Jones
died
October 25
-
John Sweeney
was elected president of the
AFL–CIO
;
Catherine J. Bell
was born;
John F. Henning
was born
October 27
-
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
was elected president of Brazil
October 28
- The
Supreme Court of Canada
issued a ruling in
Newfoundland (Treasury Board) v. N.A.P.E.
;
Charlie Gordon
was born
October 29
- The
International Labour Organization
met for the first time; the
Brotherhood of Marine Engineers
merged with the
Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association
in 1957;
Kevin Barron
was born;
James Orange
was born
October 31
-
1923 Victorian police strike
began in Australia;
Maine AFL–CIO
was founded;
William O'Brien
died;
Mikhail Tomsky
was born;
Antonio Davis
was born;
Cecil Roberts
was born
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