Today in labor history June 11 Labor unions were legalized in Canada , US police kill 1 wound 2

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Today in labor history June 11 Labor unions were legalized in Canada , US police kill 1 wound 2

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June 11, 1872 - Labor unions were legalized in Canada. A printers' strike in Toronto provided the impetus for the change. Read more at http://www.gciu.org/histcan.shtml

Representatives from the AFL, Knights of Labor, populists, railroad brotherhoods and other trade unions hold a unity conference in St. Louis but fail to overcome their differences - 1894

Police shoot at maritime workers striking United Fruit Co. in New Orleans; 1 killed, 2 wounded � 1913

Labor history found here: http://www.unionist.com/today-in-labor-history & here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_06_11_2009

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