03 September

National Association of Letter Carriers formed – 1894

Some 300 musicians working in Chicago movie houses strike to protest their impending replacement by talking movies – 1928

Labor Day postage stamp is issued, the first US stamp honoring workers. It features detail from a tile mosaic at the new AFL-CIO building in Washington, D.C. – 1956

Twenty-five workers die, unable to escape a fire at the Imperial Poultry processing plant in Hamlet, NC.  Managers had locked fire doors to prevent the theft of chicken nuggets.  The plant had operated for 11 years without a single safety inspection – 1991