Sunday, April 24, marked the 100-year anniversary of the first day of the Miners’ Trials held in the Jefferson County Court House. In August 1921, coal miners attempting to unionize
Two campaigns of anti-labor violence from a century ago illustrate the darker side of our labor histories, and remind us of the stakes for contemporary workers.
100 years since the Battle of Blair Mountain wsws.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wsws.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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25 years ago: Zimbabwe strikers defy mass firings by MugabeOn September 4, 1996, more than 100,000 public service workers in Zimbabwe returned to work after successfully defying the threat of mass firings by President Robert Mugabe. The strike ended after a lengthy cabinet meeting voted to rescind the threat to fire 7,000 strikers and agreed that all those who participated in the walkout would be reinstated.