Portal:Organized Labour/June history
Significant dates in labour history.
June 01
-
Matthew Woll
died; the
United Farm Workers
conducted its first strike in
1966
in
Texas
; the
Cananea strike
began in
1906
in Mexico
June 02
- During the
1952 steel strike
, the
U.S. Supreme Court
decided
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer
; the
Child Labor Amendment
was adopted by the
U.S. Congress
;
Charles Moyer
died
June 03
- The
U.S. Supreme Court
decided
Hammer v. Dagenhart
,
outlawing
child labor
laws;
Victor G. Reuther
died;
Emmanuel Christopher Loblack
died
June 04
- The
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
affiliated with the
CIO
;
Lou Cunningham
was born
June 05
-
Teamsters for a Democratic Union
was formed; the
U.S. Supreme Court
decided
Hague v. CIO
; the
California Agricultural Labor Relations Act
became law
June 06
-
Don Farrell
was born;
CUPE 3902
was founded;
N. M. Perera
was born;
Thomas Jackson
died
June 07
- The
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
was founded; the
Matignon Agreements
ended a general strike in
1936
in France;
John Willcock
died
June 08
-
Robert Lee Hill
was born;
Emil Rieve
was born;
Percy Wells
was born
June 09
-
R. J. Thomas
was born
June 10
- The
U.S. Supreme Court
decided
Anderson v. Mt. Clemens Pottery Co.
;
Frank Hayes
died
June 11
-
John L. Lewis
died; the
Federación Sindical de Trabajadores Mineros de Bolivia
was founded;
José Bové
was born
June 12
- The
1981 Major League Baseball strike
began in the U.S. and Canada;
Philip Vera Cruz
died
June 13
-
Israel Kugler
was born;
Tony Mazzocchi
was born
June 14
-
1911 Liverpool general transport strike
began in the U.K.; government troops triggered the
2006 Oaxaca protests
in Mexico
June 15
- The
Metal Trades Department, AFL–CIO
was founded
June 16
-
Dave Beck
was born
June 18
-
Battle of Ballantyne Pier
occurred in Canada in
1935
; the
Battle of Orgreave
occurred in
1984
in the U.K.
June 19
-
Nelson Cruikshank
died;
John W. Brown
died;
Tanong Po-arn
disappeared
June 20
- The
American Railway Union
was founded;
Jim Bacon
died;
Evelyn Dubrow
died;
Alphonse Verville
died
June 21
-
Nelson Cruikshank
was born; the
Herrin massacre
occurred in
1922
in the U.S.; the
U.S. Supreme Court
decided
United States v. Congress of Industrial Organizations
; the "
Molly Maguires
" were hanged in the U.S.;
Frank Drozak
died
June 22
- Riots occurred during the
Grunwick dispute
in
1976
in the U.K.;
Paul Hall
died; the
U.S. Supreme Court
decided
Burlington Northern Railway v. White
; the
Sheffield Trades and Labour Council
was founded;
John Marius Trana
was born
June 23
- The
Taft–Hartley Act
became law in the U.S.
June 24
-
Terence V. Powderly
died,
Agnes Nestor
was born
June 25
-
Winnipeg general strike
of 1919 ended; the
Smith–Connally Act
became law in the U.S.
June 26
-
Timothy D. Murphy
died; the
Alliance of Concerned Teachers
was formed;
John W. Brown
died;
Emma Miller
was born
June 27
- The
1949 Australian coal strike
began; the
Industrial Workers of the World
was founded; the
Bureau of Labor Statistics
was formed in the U.S.
June 28
- President
Grover Cleveland
signed legislation establishing
Labor Day
in the U.S.;
Alfred Miodowicz
was born;
Vere Bird
died
June 29
- The
National Labor Relations Board
was created; a lockout triggered the
Homestead Strike
; the merger of the blacksmiths and boilermakers formed the
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
;
Edward J. Carlough
died; the
U.S. Supreme Court
decided
Communications Workers of America v. Beck
June 30
- Former labor union official
Tomiichi Murayama
became
Prime Minister of Japan
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