07 August

Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Wobblie organizer, born – 1890

Eugene Debs and three other trade unionists arrested after Pullman Strike – 1894

Actors Equity members across the United States begin what is to become a month-long strike for better pay and conditions. It was common practice for actors to pay for their own costumes, to rehearse endless hours without pay, and to be fired without notice – 1919

United Slate, Tile & Composition Roofers, Damp & Waterproof Workers Association changes name to Roofers, Waterproofers & Allied Workers – 1978

The Love Canal subdivision of Niagara Falls, N.Y., built on the site of a former Hooker Chemical Co. chemical dump, is formally declared a toxic disaster area by President Carter – 1978

Some 675,000 employees struck ATT Corp. over wages, job security, pension plan changes and better health insurance. It was the last time CWA negotiated at one table for all its Bell System members: divestiture came a few months later. The strike was won after 22 days – 1983

Television writers, members of The Writers Guild of America, end a 22-week strike with a compromise settlement – 1988