Today in labor history May 2 Adolph Hitler issues an edict abolishing all labor unions

Omaha Steve

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Sat May-02-09 07:51 AM
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Today in labor history May 2 Adolph Hitler issues an edict abolishing all labor unions

http://www.biglabor.com/history.php

May 02

Birth of Richard Trevellick, a ship carpenter, founder of American National Labor Union and later head of the National Labor Congress, America�s first national labor organization - 1830

May 2, 1911 - The first workers� compensation law, providing benefits for employees injured in the workplace, was enacted in Wisconsin.

In Germany, Adolph Hitler issues an edict abolishing all labor unions, part of his effort to ban any political opposition - 1933

Labor history found here: http://www.biglabor.com/history.php & here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_05_02_2009

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ikojo

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Sat May-02-09 08:18 AM
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1. What Hitler did by edict is being done in the US via the

court system. With Chrysler's bankruptcy it will decimate the UAW. Hard won gains now lost will be difficult to regain in a "new" Chrysler. They're trying to convince FIAT to move to Fenton MO (a suburb of St Louis and home to a Chrysler plant). What many Americans fail to understand is when foreign automakers move to the US they are seeking out union free states such as those in much of the south.

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angstlessk

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Sat May-02-09 08:20 AM
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2. yes, and in the south is is more 'against the law' to unionize than to pay politicians

for quid pro quo votes. (like in DC)

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