1894: Twelve thousand New York tailors strike over sweatshop conditions.
1972: International Brotherhood of Bookbinders merged with Graphic Arts International Union.
1991: In what many believe was to become the longest strike in U.S. history, 600 Teamster-represented workers walk out at the Diamond Walnut processing plant in Stockton, CA after the company refused to restore a 30 percent pay cut they had earlier taken to help out the company. The two sides ultimately agreed to a new contract after 14 years.
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