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Today in Labor History Aug 5 IWW against WWI, Workers at Verizon, the largest US phone 18 day strike

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August 6, 1917 - Headlines in the Minneapolis Journal reported "Draft opposition fast spreading in state." That summer, Socialist antiwar meetings in Minnesota drew huge crowds of up to 20,000 workers and farmers. Many protested what they called "a businessman's war." The Industrial Workers of the World were a leader in the effort against World War I.

Cigarmakers' International Union of America merges with Retail, Wholesale & Department Store Union - 1974

American Railway Supervisors Association merges with Brotherhood of Railway, Airline & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station Employees - 1980

Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of the US & Canada merges with Brotherhood of Railway, Airline & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station Employees - 1986

Workers at Verizon, the nation’s largest local telephone company, launch what is to become an 18-day strike over working conditions and union representation - 2000

Labor history found here: http://www.unionist.com/big-labor/today-in-labor-history & here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_08_6_2011

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