July
| July 1, 1983 |
Phelps Dodge copper miners strike in Morenci and Clifton,
Arizona |
| July 1, 1984 |
Building and Construction Trades members donate labor to rebuild
the Albuquerque Children's Zoo, destroyed by fire. |
| July 2, 1964 |
Civil Rights Act passes - Title VII bans discrimination in employment. |
| July 3, 1985 |
Child workers lead strike for 11-hour day, 6-day week. |
| July 3, 1901 |
In Telluride, Colorado, gun battle between striking miners and
scabs/guards - 3 dead, 6 injured strikers. |
| July 5, 1935 |
National Labor Relations Act, labor's Magna Carta, guarantees right
to organize and bargain. |
| July 6, 1901 |
Miners win strike for a fair wage in Telluride, Colorado. |
| July 9, 1952 |
Coal Mine Safety Act, first law protecting miners from mine disasters,
is passed. |
| July 10, 1971 |
All unions in Grant County, New Mexico, march in support of Hillcrest
Hospital workers. |
| July 12, 1917 |
Deportation of 1,186 miners from Bisbee, Arizona, into New Mexico
desert. |
| July 14, 1912 |
Woody Guthrie, who wrote "This Land is Your Land," born. |
| July 16, 1877 |
Great Uprising, nationwide railroad strike. |
| July 19, 1848 |
First women's rights convention, Seneca Falls, NY. |
| July 24, 1877 |
First time federal troops are asked to combat strikers. |
| July 29, 1970 |
United Farmworkers of America signs grape contract after 5-year
strike. |
| July 30, 1965 |
Medicare signed into law. |
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