Today in Labor History June 24 17 workers are killed as methane explodes, Birth of Agnes Nestor, mor

[Omaha Steve]

June 24


Birth of Albert Parsons, Haymarket martyr - 1848

Birth of Agnes Nestor, president of the International Glove Workers Union and longtime leader of the Chicago Women's Trade Union League. She began work in a glove factory at age 14 - 1880

And this:
June 24, 1880 - Agnes Nestor, president of the International Glove Workers Union and longtime leader of the Chicago Women’s Trade Union League, was born. She began working in a glove factory at the age of 14, working 10-hour days, six days a week.

For more on Agnes Nestor, see http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5728/

17 workers are killed as methane explodes in a water tunnel under construction in Sylmar, Calif. - 1971 (for more on job safety, check out Tools of the Trade: A Health and Safety Handbook for Action, a valuable resource for those who want to promote worker health and safety while building their unions and community groups at the same time. In the UCS bookstore now)

Labor history found here: http://www.unionist.com/today-in-labor-history & here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_06_24_2011