Today in Labor History Jan 19, 20 strikers shot 2 fatally, labor contractor guilty of murdering 25

[Omaha Steve]

January 19

Twenty strikers at the American Agricultural Chemical Co. in Roosevelt, N.J. were shot, two fatally, by factory guards. They and other strikers had stopped an incoming train in search of scabs when the guards opened fire - 1915

January 19, 1915 - World famous labor leader Joe Hill was arrested in Salt Lake City. He was convicted on trumped-up murder charges and executed 21 months later despite worldwide protests and two attempts to intervene by President Woodrow Wilson.

3,000 members of the Filipino Federation of Labor strike the plantations of Oahu, Hawaii. Their ranks swell to 8,300 as they are joined by members of the Japanese Federation of Labor - 1920

Yuba City, Calif. labor contractor Juan V. Corona found guilty of murdering 25 itinerant farm workers he employed during 1970 and 1971 - 1973

Bruce Springsteen makes an unannounced appearance at a benefit for laid-off 3M workers, Asbury Park, NJ - 1986

Labor history found here: http://www.unionist.com/today-in-labor-history
& here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_01_19_2011