Today in labor history Sept 15 5,000 female cotton workers strike for a 10-hour day

[Omaha Steve]

September 15

Some 5,000 female cotton workers in and around Pittsburgh, Pa. strike for a 10-hour day. The next day, male trade unionists become the first male auxiliary when they gather to protect the women from police attacks. The strike ultimately failed - 1845

President Kennedy signs off on a $900 million public-works bill for projects in economically depressed areas - 1962

September 15, 1963 - Four young African-American girls were killed in a church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama. Denise McNair, 11 years old, and Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley, and Addie Mae Collins, all 14, were killed at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, a site of past civil rights rallies. The tragedy helped to mobilize support for the civil rights movement.


September 15, 1970 - More than 350,000 members of the United Auto Workers went on strike against General Motors.

International Association of Siderographers merges with International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers - 1992