1888: The Ladies Federal Labor Union Number 2703, based in Illinois, was granted a charter from the American Federation of Labor.
1916: 12,500 longshoremen strike the Pacific coast, from San Diego to Bellingham. Demands included a closed shop and a wage increase to 55 cents an hour for handling general cargo.
1966: Farm workers under the banner of the new United Farm Workers Organizing Committee strike at Texas’s La Casita Farms, demanding $1.25 as a minimum hourly wage.
1981: ILWU Local 37 leaders Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes are assassinated in the union’s Seattle, WA offices.