September
| September 1, 1903 |
Telluride, Colorado miners strike begins. |
| September 1, 1969 |
George Meany Center for Labor Studies in Silver Springs, Maryland
opens. |
| September 1, 1972 |
3,000 attend Labor Day picnic in Farmington, New Mexico. |
| September 3, 1894 |
Founding of Branch 504, National Association of Letter Carriers. |
| September 5, 1882 |
First U.S. Labor Day parade in New York City; 8-hour day is key
demand of 20,000 people. |
| September 6, 1965 |
United Farmworkers of America begins grape boycott. |
| September 6, 1999 |
Dedication of El Pasafe - a monument to the working men and women
of Arizona who have been injured or killed on the job. |
| September 7, 1970 |
7,000 attend Labor DAy rally at the Isleta Indian lands in New
Mexico. |
| September 7, 1970 |
4,500 attend labor day rally at Connie Mack Stadium in Carlsbad,
New Mexico. |
| September 11, 2001 |
Attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon; 620 union members
killed, 500,000 lost their jobs. |
| September 13, 1972 |
Chicano employees of the city of Artesia, New Mexico, begin strike
for union recognition. |
| September 14, 1915 |
Clifton-Morenci, Arizona, copper strike begins. |
| September 16 |
Mexican Independence Day |
| September 19, 1981 |
"Solidarity Day" - In Washington, D.C., 400,000 rally against President
Reagan - largest labor rally in U.S. history. |
| September 20, 1878 |
Upton Sinclair, muckraker and author of The Jungle, born. |
| September 21, 1896 |
Militia sent to Leadville, Colorado, to break miner's strike. |
| September 22, 1862 |
Emancipation Proclamation |
| September 22, 1919 |
Great Steel Strike - 350,000 strike nationwide for union recognition. |
| September 25, 1950 |
Office Professional Employees International Union Local 251 in
New Mexico chartered. |
| September 27, 1954 |
U.S. Senate calls for censure of Senator Joe McCarthy. |
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