Labor History Feb 7 Union miners in Cripple Creek Strike for 5 months, Teamster truck drivers strike
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February 7
Union miners in Cripple Creek, CO begin what is to become a five-month strike that started when mineowners cut wages to $2.50 a day, from $3. The state militia was called out in support of the strikers the only time in U.S. history that a militia was directed to side with the workers. The strike ended in victory for the union - 1894
Players formed The NHL Players Association in New York City after owners refuse to release pension plan financial information. The union was busted when owners transferred key activists, but it successfully re-formed ten years later - 1957
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February 7, 1934 - Teamster truck drivers in Minneapolis went on strike, shutting down fuel deliveries. The short walkout set the stage for the main conflict the following summer between the union and the employers, represented by the Citizens Alliance.