Today in labor history Jan 29 Sit-down strike helps establish United Rubber Workers

[Omaha Steve]

January 29

Responding to unrest among workers building the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Pres. Andrew Jackson orders first use of American troops to suppress a labor dispute - 1828

Six thousand railway workers strike for union and end of 18-hour day - 1889

January 29, 1932 - The first state unemployment insurance law was enacted in Wisconsin.

Sit-down strike helps establish United Rubber Workers as a national union, Akron, Ohio - 1936

American Train Dispatchers Department granted a charter by the AFL-CIO - 1957

[dipsydoodle]

1. Interesting word that - strike

I'd always thought it was associated with the strike at the Match factory and hence a play on words as in strike a light.... lol.
London matchgirls strike of 1888 : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_matchgirls_strike_of_1888

But no - it goes back to this event :

The use of the word "strike" in this sense first appeared in 1768, when sailors, in support of demonstrations in London, "struck" or removed the topgallant sails of merchant ships at port, thus crippling the ships.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strike_action