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29 September 1909: Missoula free-speech fight
On this day, 29 September 1909, the revolutionary Industrial Workers of the World union began the first of what became known as the free speech fight…
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28 September 1991: Shankar Guha Niyogi assassinated
On this day, 28 September 1991, leading labour organiser Shankar Guha Niyogi was assassinated in his sleep at midnight in Bhilai, India. Niyogi, who …
1 day, 12 hours ago
27 September 1973: UFW wins strike
On this day, 27 September 1973, the United Farm Workers in California won their second strike in a jurisdictional dispute with the Teamsters union, w…
2 days, 12 hours ago
26 September 1939: Ricky Tomlinson born
On this day, 26 September 1939, the actor Ricky Tomlinson was born. Now famous for his roles in The Royle Family, Riff Raff and Mike Bassett: England…
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25 September 2005: South Korea sex workers union
On this day, 25 September 2005, sex workers in Gyeonggi province, South Korea, organised in the Democratic Coalition of Sex Workers, reached the firs…
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24 September 1945: NYC elevator workers strike
On this day, 24 September 1945 in New York City, around 1.5 million workers got an impromptu day off when elevator workers in over 2,000 city high-ri…
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23 September 2017: Video game voice actors strike ends
On this day, 23 September 2017, the strike of video game voice actors in the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists …
6 days, 12 hours ago
22 September 1912: Casa del Obrero Mundial founded
On this day, 22 September 1912, the syndicalist union the Casa del Obrero Mundial (House of the World Worker) was formed in Mexico during the turbule…
1 week ago
21 September 1945: US coal supervisors strike
On 21 September 1945, a strike began of supervisors in US coal mines demanding recognition for their union, the United Clerical, Technical and Superv…
1 week, 1 day ago
20 September 1979: Aotearoa/New Zealand general strike
On this day, 20 September 1979, Aotearoa's (New Zealand's) only nationwide general strike took place when the Federation of Labour called a one-day s…
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