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Significant dates in labour history.
February 01
– The
Paterson silk strike of 1913
began in the
U.S.
; the
San Diego free speech fight
began in the
U.S.
in 1912
February 02
–
Shannon J. Wall
died
February 03
–
George Becker
died;
José Vitoriano
died
February 04
–
Bill Haywood
was born;
John Mitchell
was born;
Benyoucef Benkhedda
died
February 05
–
Neil Aggett
died;
Ludvik Buland
died
February 06
– The
Seattle General Strike of 1919
began in the
U.S.
;
Elba Esther Gordillo
was born;
William Hutcheson
was born
February 07
– The
Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894
began in the
U.S.
; the
2006 labour protests in France
began;
Paul Mattick
died
February 08
–
Ong Teng Cheong
died;
Jakob Kaiser
was born
February 09
–
George Lippard
died; the
Supreme Court of Canada
issued its reasoning in
Ontario Human Rights Commission v. Etobicoke
February 10
– 11 strikers were killed during the
Reesor Siding Strike of 1963
in
Canada
;
Peter Smith
died; the
Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO
was founded; the film
Blue Collar
was released
February 11
– The
Oxnard strike of 1903
began in the
U.S.
; the
UAW
won a first contract at
GM
, ending the
Flint sit-down strike
;
Nellie Quander
was born;
Mark Hewitson
died;
Clyde Cameron
was born; the
Memphis sanitation strike
began
February 12
–
John L. Lewis
was born
February 13
– The
Sons of Vulcan
win the first contract in the
U.S.
iron and steel industry and the first union contract of any kind in American history;
Margaretta Scott
was born;
Dennis McDermott
died;
John Healey
was born
February 14
– The
Asbestos Strike
began in
1949
in
Australia
; the
Winter of Discontent
ended in the
U.K.
in 1979;
Jimmy Hoffa
was born;
Michael Sacco
was born; the
Confederation of State and Municipal Employees of Iceland
was founded;
Mary Lee
was born
February 15
– The
1951 New Zealand waterfront dispute
began;
Baldemar Velasquez
was born;
Alice Henry
died
February 16
– The
Griviţa Strike of 1933
began in
Romania
in
1933
;
William Quesse
died; the
National Hockey League
cancelled its season in the middle of the
2004-05 NHL lockout
;
James Orange
died;
February 17
–
Harry Van Arsdale, Jr.
died
February 18
–
Peter J. McGuire
died;
George Campbell
was born
February 19
– The
U.S. Supreme Court
decided
Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority
and
NLRB v. J. Weingarten, Inc.
;
I. C. Frimu
died
February 20
–
Chittabrata Majumdar
died
February 21
–
Patrick J. Campbell
died;
Phil Hare
was born;
Felix Aylmer
was born
February 22
–
Albert Shanker
died;
David Dubinsky
was born; the
Democratic Organization of African Workers' Trade Union
was founded;
Poncke Princen
died
February 23
–
Douglas Fraser
died;
Graduate Employees Together – University of Pennsylvania
was formed;
John Holman
died;
Kate Barnard
died;
Benyoucef Benkhedda
was born; the
Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association
was founded
February 24
– The
General Union of Algerian Workers
was founded; the
U.S. Supreme Court
decided
Muller v. Oregon
;
John P. Frey
was born;
Marshall W. Mason
was born
February 25
–
Edgar Nixon
died;
Las Aguas Bajan Turbias
, an
Argentine
film about workers forming a trade union, debuted in the
U.S.
February 26
–
John Holman
was born; the
Southern California supermarket strike of 2003–04
ended in the
U.S.
;
Frederick Hayday
died
February 27
– The
Labour Party
was founded in the
U.K.
in 1909;
Mark Hewitson
died; the first
Spanish Trade Union Organisation
congress was held; the
European Court of Human Rights
decided
ASLEF v. United Kingdom
;
Tom Williamson, Baron Williamson
died
February 28
– The
University of Miami 2006 custodial workers' strike
began in the
U.S.
;
John White
was born;
Hal C. Banks
was born;
Lim Chin Siong
was born;
John La Rose
died;
Tommy Lewis
died;
Ted Theodore
died;
Arthur Hayday
died
February 29
–
A. L. Lloyd
was born
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