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On this day in Labor History

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May 26, 1920

IWW Marine Transport Workers strike, Philadelphia – 1920

May 22, 1920

Civil Service Retirement Act of 1920 gives federal workers a pension - 1920

May 19, 1920

Shootout in Matewan, W. Va. between striking union miners (led by Police Chief Sid Hatfield) and coal company agents. Ten died, including seven agents - 1920

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