Labor History Aug 22 first union flight attendants, first female member of the AFL-CIO Exec Council

[Omaha Steve]

August 22


August 22, 1936 - Just as he was becoming a major figure nationally, Minnesota Governor Floyd B. Olson died of stomach cancer. Olson had been the leader of the Farmer-Labor Party and his death left a void. Hundreds of thousands of people filed past his casket as his body lay in state at the Capitol for three days.

Five flight attendants form the Air Line Stewardesses Association, the first labor union representing flight attendants. They were reacting to an industry in which women were forced to retire at the age of 32, remain single, and adhere to strict weight, height and appearance requirements. The association later became the Association of Flight Attendants, now a division of the Communications Workers of America - 1945

International Broom & Whisk Makers Union disbanded - 1963


Joyce Miller, a vice president of the Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers, becomes first female member of the AFL-CIO Executive Council - 1980

International Longshore & Warehouse Union granted a charter by the AFL-CIO - 1988

Labor history found here: http://www.unionist.com/big-labor/today-in-labor-history & here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_08_22_2011