Today in Labor History Oct 18 NYC agrees to pay women school teachers a rate equal to that of men

[Omaha Steve]

October 18

The "Shoemakers of Boston" - the first labor organization in what would later become the United States - was authorized by the Massachusetts Bay Colony - 1648

New York City agrees to pay women school teachers a rate equal to that of men - 1911


IWW Colorado Mine strike; first time all coal fields are out - 1927

58,000 Chrysler Corp. workers strike for wage increases - 1939

The United Packinghouse Workers of America (UPWA) was formed as a self-governing union, an outgrowth of the CIO's Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee. UPWA merged with the Meatcutters union in 1968, which merged with the Retail Clerks in 1979 to form the United Food and Commerical Workers (UFCW) - 1943

And this: October 18, 1943 - The Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee was officially dissolved and workers were given control over their own organization -- the United Packinghouse Workers of America. The UPWA merged with the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen in 1968, which merged with the Retail Clerks to become the United Food & Commercial Workers in 1979.

Labor history found here: http://www.unionist.com/today-in-labor-history & here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_10_18_2010

[Smarmie Doofus]

1. Those damn teachers. It's always "gimme gimme gimme."

>>>>New York City agrees to pay women school teachers a rate equal to that of men - 1911>>>>.


And their g.d. unions. What about the *kids*?!