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| Mandrin, France's "Robin Hood" |
May 26, 1755 – Louis Mandrin, the French version of Robin Hood, was caught and executed. (From the Daily Bleed)
May 26, 1791 – King Louis XVI of France was forced by the revolutionary French Assembly to relinquish his crown and state assets. (From the Daily Bleed)
May 26, 1871
– The “Bloody Week” of repression and violence against the Paris
Commune continued, with battles at the Bastille and Villette. Communards
were defeated on this date at Belleville and Père Lachaise. The
Versailles forces assassinated injured communards in their ambulances,
inspiring an angry crowd to execute 50 hostages in revenge. (From the Daily Bleed)
May 26, 1894 –The Western Federation of Miners (WFM) struck for an eight-hour day in Cripple Creek, Colorado. (From the Daily Bleed)
May 26, 1920 –The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) Marine Transport Workers struck in Philadelphia. (From the Daily Bleed)
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| Walter Reuther, UAW |
May 26, 1937
- Henry Ford unleashed his company goons on United Auto Workers
organizers at the “Battle of the Overpass” near the River Rouge plant.
General Motors and Chrysler signed collective bargaining agreements with
the UAW in 1937, but Ford held out until 1942. (From Workday Minnesota)
May 26, 1937
--The "Little Steel" strike began in Ohio. Over 600 workers picketed at
Republic’s mill in Cleveland, while virtually every one of its 6500
workers abandoned the mill. The National Guard was used to crush the
strike, first in Youngstown, and then in Canton, Massillon, Warren and
finally Cleveland, completely busting the strike by mid-July. (From the Daily Bleed)
May 26, 1944
–The French resistance called General Strike against the Nazis in
Marseille, while a U.S. bombing raid on Marseille killed 6,000 in the
workers' districts. (From the Daily Bleed)
May 26, 1968
– The May Days uprisings were continuing in France. A General Strike
had paralyzed the government which was on the verge of collapse. (From
the Daily Bleed)
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