Today in Labor History Aug 2, 60 striking miners were wounded by police, Hatch Act is passed

[Omaha Steve]

August 2

August 2, 1867 - Sixty striking miners were wounded by police in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

August 2, 1924 - James Baldwin, author of Go Tell It On the Mountain, and the collection of essays, Nobody Knows My Name, was born in Harlem . His work explored the experiences of African-Americans.

Hatch Act is passed, limiting political activity of executive branch employees of the federal government - 1939 (The Essential Guide To Federal Employment Laws is a well-indexed book, updated in 2011, offering the full text of 20 federal laws affecting workers’ lives, along with plain-English explanations of each. An entire chapter is devoted to each law, explaining what is allowed and prohibited and what businesses must comply The 3rd edition was updated in 2011 to reflect the latest laws and U.S. Supreme Court decisions.)

Labor history found here: http://www.unionist.com/big-labor/today-in-labor-history & here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_08_2_2011