Labor history Oct 6, 1,700 female flight attendants win 18-year, $37 million suit, 69-day strike

[Omaha Steve]

October 6

First National Conference of Trade Union Women - 1918

1,700 female flight attendants win 18-year, $37 million suit against United Airlines. They had been fired for getting married - 1986


Thirty-two thousand machinists begin what is to be a successful 69-day strike against the Boeing Co. featuring pay increase that averaged an estimated $19,200 in wages and benefits over four years and safeguards against job cutbacks - 1995

Labor history found here: http://www.unionist.com/big-labor/today-in-labor-history