Today in Labor History June 24, 17 workers are killed as methane explodes in a water tunnel & more

[Omaha Steve]

June 24

Birth of Albert Parsons, Haymarket martyr - 1848

Birth of Agnes Nestor, president of the International Glove Workers Union and longtime leader of the Chicago Women's Trade Union League. She began work in a glove factory at age 14 - 1880

And this:
June 24, 1880 - Agnes Nestor, president of the International Glove Workers Union and longtime leader of the Chicago Women’s Trade Union League, was born. She began working in a glove factory at the age of 14, working 10-hour days, six days a week.

For more on Agnes Nestor, see http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5728/

17 workers are killed as methane explodes in a water tunnel under construction in Sylmar, Calif. - 1971

Labor history found here: http://www.unionist.com/today-in-labor-history & here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_06_24_2010