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After passage of the Wagner Act in 1935, the first nationally known union busting agency was Labor Relations Associates of Chicago, Inc. (LRA) founded in 1939 by Nathan Shefferman, who later in 1961 wrote The Man in the Middle, a guide to union busting, and has been considered the 'founding father' of the modern union avoidance industry. [31]
1968 Chicago riots - One of the over 100 riots that erupted nationwide after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Most of the Chicago rioting occurred on the West Side and was the second deadliest (11 fatalities, versus 13 in the Washington D.C. riots) of the riots in the nation after King's death. 11 500 August 23–28, 1968 Political
Union violence in the United States is physical force intended to harm employers, managers, replacement workers, union abstainers, sympathizers of the prior groups, or their families. On various occasions violence has been committed by unions or union members during labor disputes in the United States.
Alfred Causey, 43, Chicago, Illinois (USW Local 1010) Leo Francisco, 17, Chicago, Illinois (Western Union) (died as a result of his injuries June 15, 1937) Earl Handley, 37, East Chicago, Indiana (USW Local 1010) Otis Jones, 33, Lincoln, Illinois (USW Local 1033) (died as a result of his injuries June 8, 1937)
In 1912 the Web Pressmen's Union No. 7 contract with the Hearst papers expired, and they requested a wage increase. Hearst Management and the union could not come to an agreement, so they entered arbitration with the Chicago Board of Trade's president Harry Wheeler, which resulted in a reduction of wages by 20-30%, in order to be more congruent with the prevailing wages of other Chicago ...
A Starbucks in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood may look no different from any of the 15,000 other Starbucks stores in the U.S., but as a new union location, it's part of a growing organizing ...
The 1905 Chicago Teamsters' strike was a sympathy strike and lockout by the United Brotherhood of Teamsters in the summer of 1905 in the city of Chicago, Illinois.The strike was initiated by a small clothing workers' union.
Chicago, Illinois prepare for record-busting Vote By Mail turnout for November 2020 election. July 4, 2020 at 10:41 AM ... Ed Sheeran makes history as the first international artist to perform ...