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| Women's Trade Union League Float, New York Labor Day Parade, 1908 |
June 9, 1865 -
Labor activist Helen Marot was born. Marot was a librarian from a
wealthy family in Philadelphia, who investigated working conditions
among children and women. During her life she participated in numerous
labor organizations, particularly those dedicated to the interests of
women, such as the Women's Trade Union League and the Bookkeepers,
Stenographers and Accountants Union in New York. She also organized and
led the 1909-1910 Shirtwaist Strike in New York and was part of a
commission that investigated the Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire in
1912. (From Workday Minnesota)
June 9, 1902 – The US past anti-anarchist legislation designed to quell the rising power of anarchists in the labor movement. (From the Daily Bleed)
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| Crowd outside City Wall, Winnipeg, 1919, during General Strike |
June 9, 1919 – The Winnipeg city council dismissed the police force during the General Strike. (From the Daily Bleed)
June 9, 1989 – Leaders of the student protests at Tiananmen Square were tried. (From the Daily Bleed)
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