This Weekend's Labor History
Friday, November 18, 2011
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)FRIDAY
31 men died on Lake Michigan with the sinking of the Carl D. Bradley
during one of the worst storms in the lake’s history. The 623-foot ship,
carrying limestone, broke in two. Four crewmen survived -
1958
SATURDAY
Joe Hill, labor leader and song writer, executed in Utah
on what many believe was a framed charge of murder. Before he died he declared:
“Don’t waste any time mourning. Organize.” - 1915
SUNDAY
The
time clock is invented by Willard Bundy, a jeweler in Auburn, N.Y. Bundy’s
brother Harlow starts mass producing them a year later - 1888
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