Today in 1918 Faced with 84-hour workweeks, 24-hour shifts and pay of 29 cents an hour, fire fighters form The Int’l Association of Fire Fighters. Some individual locals had affiliated with the AFL beginning in 1903.
• At Bigfoot, Teamsters strike to save their pension • 5,200 GE Appliance workers gear up for a fight • Flight attendants stand with Boeing workers • Federal Trade commission employees vote to unionize • Amazon Union effort in NC latest attempt to organize the South • Federal agencies urge railroads to provide paid sick leave • Striking Boeing machinists lose company-paid health care coverage • Dockworkers’ union scores big victory after 3-day strike • 10,000 United Airlines Teamsters unite to win historic contract • Tell Marathon Petroleum’s CEO: Give a fair deal to striking Teamsters!
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