Today in Labor History Sept 19, 400,000 union members marched to protest Reagan administration

[Omaha Steve]

September 19

Chinese coal miners forced out of Black Diamond, Wash. - 1885

September 19, 1912 - James Keir Hardie, leader of the Independent Labor Party of England, addresses labor unions and working people at the Minneapolis Auditorium.

400,000 to 500,000 unionists converge on Washington D.C. for a Solidarity Day march and rally protesting Republican policies - 1981

And this: September 19, 1981 - More than 400,000 union members marched in labor’s first Solidarity Day demonstration in Washington, D.C., to protest Reagan administration policies and the firing of striking air traffic controllers.

Labor history found here: http://www.unionist.com/today-in-labor-history & here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_09_19_2010

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. And to think that today so many union members are teabaggers

because they'd rather lose their income than be thought "socialist" or "communist" (which is funny, since labor unions are so Communist it's not funny) or lose their income than allow brown people or gays to be considered human beings.