Detroit teachers begin what is to become a nine day strike, winning smaller class sizes and raises of up to four percent - 1999

Former AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland dies at age 77 - 1999

The Great Shipyard Strike of 1999 ends after Steelworkers at Newport News Shipbuilding ratify a breakthrough agreement which nearly doubles pensions, increases security, ends inequality, and provides the highest wage increases in company and industry history to nearly 10,000 workers at the yard. The strike lasted 15 weeks - 1999