Portal:Organized Labour/January history
Significant dates in labour history.
January 01
- The
1966 New York City transit strike
began; the
United Transportation Union
was founded; the
Swedish Trade Union Confederation
was founded;
Union Network International
was founded; the
Workplace Relations Act 1996
entered into force in Australia
January 02
- The
Sago Mine disaster
occurred in the 2006 in the U.S.
January 03
- The
1929 Australian timber workers' strike
began;
Guy Ryder
was born
January 04
- The
St. John's University strike of 1966–67
began in the U.S.; the
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union
merged in 1999 with the United Paperworkers International Union to form the
Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union
January 05
- The
1891 Australian shearers' strike
began; the 1919
Spartacist uprising
began in Berlin
January 07
-
Edward T. Hanley
died;
A. P. T. James
died
January 08
-
SEIU Local 1.on
was founded
January 09
-
Maurice Hutcheson
died;
Sol Chick Chaikin
was born
January 11
- The
1912 Lawrence textile strike
began in the U.S.;
Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union
merged with the
United Steelworkers
;
Bogdan Borusewicz
was born
January 12
-
Cornelius Shea
died
January 14
- The
Reesor Siding strike of 1963
began in Canada;
Joseph Glimco
was born
January 15
-
Michael Sommer
was born; the song "
Solidarity Forever
" is written; the
Steel strike of 1959
ends in the U.S.
January 16
-
Dutta Samant
was murdered;
Leonard Woodcock
died;
Daniel John O'Donoghue
died
January 17
-
Pablo Manlapit
was born
January 18
- The
U.S. Supreme Court
decided
Moyer v. Peabody
in 1909;
Mary Kenney O'Sullivan
died; the
1912 Brisbane general strike
began in Australia; the
Dublin Lock-out
ended in 1914;
Paul Keating
was born; the
Great Bombay textile strike
began
January 19
-
Thomas Kennedy
died;
Morris Kight
died;
Bill Andersen
died;
Annie Buller
died
January 20
- The
Tunisian General Labour Union
was founded; trade unions launched the
2005 civil unrest in Belize
;
Harriot Eaton Stanton Blatch
was born;
Bruce Nissen
was born
January 21
-
Edward T. Hanley
was born;
Bill Andersen
was born;
J. H. Thomas
died;
Nicholas Pollard Sr.
died
January 22
- The
United Mine Workers
was founded;
Terence V. Powderly
was born;
Andrew Furuseth
died;
Chea Vichea
was murdered;
Gyula Peidl
died;
Ong Teng Cheong
died
January 23
-
David Sullivan
died;
Nikolaus Gross
died
January 24
- The
Wapping dispute
began in
1986
in the U.K.;
Emil Rieve
died; the
1977 Massacre of Atocha
occurred in Spain;
Henri Krasucki
died;
Herbert Hill
was born; the
Supreme Court of Canada
issued its reasoning in
R.W.D.S.U., Local 558 v. Pepsi-Cola Canada Beverages (West) Ltd.
; the
Alliance for Labor Action
was dissolved
January 25
- The
Sheet Metal Workers' International Association
was founded;
Matthew Woll
was born;
Chummy Fleming
died
January 26
-
Bernard Kleiman
was born
January 27
-
Samuel Gompers
was born; the
U.S. Supreme Court
decided
Lechmere, Inc. v. NLRB
;
Ben Tillett
died; the
U.S. Supreme Court
decided
Adair v. United States
;
Frank Tudor
was born
January 28
-
Mike Quill
died;
Harry Lundeberg
died;
Mike Moore
was born;
James Scullin
died
January 29
- The
Timex strike
began in
1993
in Scotland;
Anna LoPizzo
died;
John M. Dunn
died
January 30
-
Edward Heitmann
died
January 31
- The 1919
Battle of George Square
occurred in Scotland;
New Orleans
fired all members of the
United Teachers of New Orleans
in the wake of
Hurricane Katrina
;
Bob Semple
died
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