Today in labor history Nov 16, 6 Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her daughter were assassinate

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Today in labor history Nov 16, 6 Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her daughter were assassinate

November 16

A county judge in Punxutawney, Pa. grants an injunction requested by the Clearfield Bituminous Coal Co. forbidding strikers from speaking to strikebreakers, posting signs declaring a strike is in progress, or even singing hymns. Union leaders termed the injunction “drastic.” - 1927

November 16, 1989 - Six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her daughter were assassinated in El Salvador. They were among thousands killed by the military and right-wing death squads for speaking out for economic and social justice.

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