Labor History Aug 17 Year-long Hormel (Spam) strike starts, IWW War Trials 95 go to prison

[Omaha Steve]

August 17

IWW War Trials in Chicago, 95 go to prison for up to 20 years - 1918

Bakery & Confectionery Workers International Union of America merges with Tobacco Workers International Union to become Bakery, Confectionery & Tobacco Workers - 1978


Year-long Hormel meatpackers' strike begins in Austin, Minn. - 1985

And this: August 17, 1985 - In one of the pivotal struggles of the 1980s, United Food and Commercial Workers Local P-9 went on strike against the Hormel Co. in Austin, Minnesota. Though the strikers galvanized support from across the nation, divisions within the UFCW and the community ultimately led to defeat.

For more on the strike visit http://www.dollarsandsense.org/archives/2000/0900rachleff.html and http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2004/01/29_galballye_hormelstrike/


Labor history found here: http://www.unionist.com/big-labor/today-in-labor-history & here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_08_17_2011