Today in Labor History July 29 Mother Jones' March of the Mill Children, UFW won THE contract GRAPES

[Omaha Steve]

I've been busy. Posted a day late. Gov. Reagan (hated the boycott) got President Nixon to buy large numbers of grapes from the armed forces, etc. That is why I have the Nixon eats grapes avatar. I remember the flyer I was handed about "every grape you buy keeps this child hungry"' Cute small child in the photo.


July 29

The Coast Seamen's Union merges with the Steamship Sailor's Union to form the Sailors’ Union of the Pacific - 1891

July 29, 1883 - A local of the Cigarmakers Union is organized in Stillwater, Minn.

A preliminary delegation from Mother Jones' March of the Mill Children from Philadelphia to Pres. Theodore Roosevelt's summer home in Oyster Bay, Long Island, publicizing the harsh conditions of child labor, arrives today. They are not allowed through the gates - 1903

Following a five-year table grape boycott, Delano-area growers file into the United Farm Workers union hall in Delano, Calif. to sign their first union contracts - 1970

And this: July 29, 1970 - The United Farm Workers won a contract with California grape growers after a five-year strike. Read more about the Farm Workers at www.ufw.org

Labor history found here: http://www.unionist.com/today-in-labor-history & here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_07_29_2010