Today in Labor History Mar 8 They persevere despite beatings by police, winning a 10 % wage increase

[Omaha Steve]

March 8

Thousands of New York needle trades workers demonstrate for higher wages, shorter workday, and end to child labor. The demonstration became the basis for International Women’s Day - 1908

New York members of the Fur and Leather Workers Union, many of them women, strike. They persevere despite beatings by police, winning a 10 percent wage increase and five-day work week - 1926

And this: March 8, 1926 - Members of the Fur and Leather Workers Union, many of them women, went on strike in New York. Despite suffering beatings by police, the strikers persevered and won a 10 percent wage increase and five-day work week.

The Norris-LaGuardia Anti-Injunction Act took effect on this day. It limits the ability of federal judges to issue injunctions against workers and unions involved in labor disputes - 1932

Labor history found here: http://www.unionist.com/today-in-labor-history & here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_03_08_2010