November
| November 1, 1917 |
10,000 oilfield workers walk out of 17 Texas Louisiana
oilfields. |
| November 1, 1919 |
New Mexico mines shut down, part of national strike. |
| November 7, 2000 |
"Colorado Miracle" - unions elect Democrat State Senate, killing
"right to work" legislation. |
| November 9, 1969 |
Meat Cutters Local 391 in Roswell, New Mexico, wins collective
bargaining with Glover Packing. |
| November 10, 1924 |
Society for Human Rights, first gay rights organization, established. |
| November 10, 1962 |
New Mexico AFT (now New Mexico Federation of Educational Employees)
chartered. |
| November 13, 1974 |
Karen Silkwood, Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers activist, killed
in mysterious car crash during investigation of Oklahoma nuclear
plant. |
| November 14, 1903 |
Women's Trade Union League founded. |
| November 14, 1938 |
Congress of Industrial Organizations founded. |
| November 15, 1881 |
American Federation of Labor founded. |
| November 18, 1993 |
American Airlines flight attendants strike. |
| November 19, 1915 |
Joe Hill executed in Salt Lake City, Utah. |
| November 20, 1901 |
Mine fire in Telluride, Colorado, kills 28 minters - prompts union
call for safer work conditions. |
| November 21, 1927 |
In Columbine, Colorado, 6 miners killed in confrontation with state
police. Shortly thereafter, the mine owners signed lasting contracts
with the United Mine Workers of America. |
| November 22, 1963 |
President John F. Kennedy assassinated. |
| November 23, 1170, B.C. |
First recorded strike in Egypt. |
| November 23, 1903 |
In Cripple Creek, Colorado, troops dispatched to control rioting
by striking coal miners. |
| November 27, 1968 |
`In Austin, Texas, Upholsterers International Union, Local 456,
strikes the Economy Furniture Company. |
| November 28, 1891 |
National Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, precursor to IBEW,
founded. |
| November 30, 1930 |
Mother Jones dies at age 100. |
| November 30, 1999 |
Battle in Seattle. Unions join environmentalists and anti-corporate
activists against the World Trade Organization. |
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