Thursday, September 29, 2011

Today in Labor History—September 29


September 29, 1931 - Three members of the United Mine Workers of America were shot to death by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Saskatchewan. The RCMP had fired into a miners’ parade. During the course of the strike, 400 miners and their families clashed with police. (From Workday Minnesota and the Daily Bleed)

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