August
| August 1, 1920 |
Strikers shut down Denver trolley system. |
| August 1, 1970 |
International Association of Asbestos Workers Local 76 in New Mexico
begins strike for higher wages. |
| August 3, 1981 |
11,500 Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organizations (PATCO)
workers strike - all fired by President Reagan. |
| August 4, 1997 |
185,000 Teamsters strike United Parcel Service. Victory creates
more full-time jobs and protects pensions. |
| August 6, 1982 |
CWA strikes Baby Bells. |
| August 8, 1903 |
Cripple Creek, Colorado, miners strike to support mill strike for
8-hour day at $3/day. |
| August 14, 1935 |
Social Security Act passes with union support. |
| August 16, 1894 |
George Meany, first president of the AFL-CIO, born. |
| August 16, 1937 |
National Apprenticeship Act passed. |
| August 19, 1909 |
First edition of INdustrial Workers of the World Little Songbook. |
| August 22, 1980 |
Joyce Miller of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union
becomes first female member of the AFL-CIO executive board. |
| August 25, 1925 |
A. Phillip Randolph organizes the predominately African-American
Sleeping Car Porters Union. |
| August 26, 1920 |
Women gain the right to vote under the 19th Amendment. |
| August 28, 1963 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers "I have a dream" speech at Washington,
D.C. civil rights demonstration. |
| August 29, 1933 |
Workers and families picket the 54 major coal mines in Gallup,
New Mexico, successfully shutting them down. |
| August 31, 1991 |
"Solidarity Day !!" - In Washington, D.C. 300,000 unionists march
for workplace fairness and healthcare reform. |
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