Today in Labor History Feb 9 President Kennedy asks Congress to approve creation of Medicare & more

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February 9

Wobblie activist Tom Mooney convicted in bombing frame-up orchestrated by Pinkerton Detective Agency. He was pardoned and released 22 years later - 1917

And this:

February 9, 1917 - California labor activist Tom Mooney was convicted for allegedly setting off a bomb at a San Francisco parade. The case of Mooney and co-defendant Warren Billings became a cause celebre for unions, who said they were victims of an antiunion conspiracy. Eventually, convincing evidence of Mooney's innocence came to light and he was pardoned in 1939.

Congress approves legislation allowing for a total of $940,000,000 to be used for Depression-era relief projects. $790,000,000 of this money was intended to be used to fund work relief and flood recovery programs - 1937

President Kennedy asks Congress to approve creation of the Medicare program, financed by an increase in Social Security taxes, to aid 14.2 million Americans aged 65 or older - 1961

Some 19,000 Boeing engineers and technical workers in Washington state and Oregon begin what is to become a 40-day strike over economic issues - 2000

Labor history found here: http://www.unionist.com/today-in-labor-history & here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_02_09_2010