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October 21, 2026

Today in 1949
The historic Great Hawaiian Dock Strike—a massive six-month struggle by dockworkers to win wage parity with mainland U.S. dockworkers—concluded. The ILWU won a compromise settlement providing a 21-cent total wage increase (14 cents immediately, with 7 cents deferred), cementing the power of inter-racial, multi-ethnic union solidarity and transforming Hawaii's labor and political landscape.

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Nabisco Strike Ends as Union Members Approve New Contract
Updated On: Sep 22, 2021
Sept. 22, 2021 | COLLECTIVE ACTION | A strike that started last month in Portland, Oregon, and spread to other Nabisco bakeries and distribution centers across the United States ended Saturday after unionized workers voted “overwhelmingly” in favor of a new collective bargaining agreement. Though some Portland employees opposed ratifying the four-year contract, calling for better terms, it ultimately garnered the necessary support from workers there and at facilities in Aurora, Colorado; Richmond, Virginia; Chicago, Illinois; and Norcross, Georgia… Truthout Related: This strike is so much bigger than one bakery… nwLaborPress.org
 
 
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