19 August
First edition of IWW “Little Red Song Book” published – 1909

Copper miners in Butte, Mont. begin what is to become a 181-day strike – 1959

The first North American McDonald’s is unionized, by the Canadian Auto Workers, in British Columbia. The campaign was launched by two teenagers – 1998

Some 4,400 mechanics, cleaners and custodians, members of AMFA at Northwest Airlines, strike the carrier job security, over pay cuts and workrule changes. The 14-month strike was to fail, with most union jobs lost to replacements and outside contractors – 2005