Today in labor history May 07 (“Bloody Tuesday”)

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Today in labor history May 07 (“Bloody Tuesday”)

May 07

The Knights of St. Crispin union is formed at a secret meeting in Milwaukee. It grew to 50,000 members before being crushed by employers later that year - 1867

Two die, 20 are injured in “Bloody Tuesday” as strikebreakers attempt to run San Francisco streetcars during a strike by operators. The strike was declared lost in 1908, after many more deaths, including several in scab-operated streetcar accidents - 1907

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