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February 16 - The Diamond Mine Disaster
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On this day in labor history, the year was 1883 marking the deadliest day in Illinois mining history at the time. 74 men and boys lost their lives digging for coal in the Diamond Mine Disaster in Braidwood Illinois.

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February 15 - US Labor Against the War
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“We need to spend money on health care, schools, housing--not a war budget.” This was the statement of Fred Pecker, a member of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 6,
On this day in labor history, the year was 2003.
Fred, who was protesting in San Francisco, was just one of the estimated 10 million people in 800 cities across the globe that protested the U.S. War in Iraq that day.

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February 14 - Jimmy Hoffa is Born
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On this day in labor history, the year was 1913, James Riddle Hoffa was born to a coal miner in Brazil, Indiana. Tragedy struck the Hoffa home in 1920 when at age 7 young Jimmy lost his father.
In 1924, like many families in Brazil the Hoffa family moved to Detroit, Michigan in search of work.

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If you turned on your T.V. in the winter of 2007-2008, you probably couldn’t find new episodes of your favorite programs.
That winter some 12,000 writers represented by the Writers Guild of America took to the picket lines holding a 100 day strike.

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February 12 - John L. Lewis is Born
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On this day in labor history, the year was, 1880, labor leader John L. Lewis was born in a company mining camp outside of Lucas, Iowa.
His father was a Welsh coal miner, and young Lewis followed in his footsteps entering the Big Hill Mine in Lucas at the age of 17.

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Did you work 40-hours this week? If you did, today is an important day for you! On this day in labor history, the year was 1926
On this day, labor leader Benjamin Gold began what became a general strike of all Furriers in New York City.

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On this day in labor history, the year was1979, Rufino Contreras gave his life to the labor movement.
In the Imperial Valley of California the United Farm Workers were engaged in a bitter labor strike against lettuce growers.
Shortly before noon, Contreres and six other strikers walked onto a lettuce field owned by Mario Saikhon in an attempt to try talk to a group of 75 scabs brought in to break the strike.
Before they could reach the scabs shots rang out.

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February 9 - No Nerds, No Birds!
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On this day in labor history, the year was 2000, members of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) went on strike against Boeing.

Saturday Feb 08, 2025
February 8 - Moral Mondays
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Saturday Feb 08, 2025
Each and every day Labor’s history continues to be written. Such is the case in North Carolina. On this day in labor history, the year was 2014 which saw a massive protest in Raleigh.
The protest was part of the “Moral Monday” movement.
“Moral Mondays” started off as and continue as a series of protests against new policies enacted by the Republican legislature and governor of North Carolina.

Friday Feb 07, 2025
February 7 - Bull Moose Forces Massacre Striking Miners
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Friday Feb 07, 2025
On this day in labor history, the year was 1913 law enforcement officers and mining company guards rode on an armored train firing indiscriminately into a tent colony of striking miners and their families at Holly Grove, West Virginia.
For nearly a year, what became known as the Paint Creek-Cabin Creek mine wars had raged in the rich coal range of West Virginia?