Today in labor history January 01 (largest single post for a date in this forum)

[Omaha Steve]

January 01

Women weavers form union, Fall River, Mass - 1875

Adolph Strasser, head of the Cigar Maker’s Union and one of the founders of the AFL in 1886, died on this day in Forest Park, Ill. - 1939

Railway Patrolmen’s International Union merges with Brotherhood of Railway, Airline & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station Employees - 1969

The federal minimum wage increases to $2.65 per hour - 1978

International Typographical Union, nation’s oldest union, merges with Communications Workers of America - 1987

United Furniture Workers of America merges with Int’l Union of Electronic, Electrical, Technical, Salaried & Machine Workers to become International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine & Furniture Workers - 1987

National Association of Broadcast Employees & Technicians merges with Communications Workers of America - 1994

International Union of Allied & Industrial Workers of America merges with United Paperworkers International - 1994

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) takes effect, over objections of labor - 1994

Mechanics Educational Society of America merges with United Automobile Workers - 1997

Bakery, Confectionery & Tobacco Workers Int’l Union merges with American Federation of Grain Millers to form Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers & Grain Millers Int’l Union - 1999