Today in Labor History Sept 24 Canada declares the Wobblies illegal

September 24


September 24, 1896 - American short story writer and novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. “The rich are different from you and me,” he wrote, and explored that theme in books such as The Great Gatsby and The Beautiful and the Damned. Gatsby is considered one of the great works of American literature.

“That was always my experience – a poor boy in a rich town; a poor boy in a rich boy’s school; a poor boy in a rich man’s club at Princeton . . .” Fitzgerald wrote in a 1938 letter. “However, I have never been able to forgive the rich for being rich, and it has colored my entire life and works.” (Quotation from “F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Life in Letters,” Scribners, 1994).

Canada declares the Wobblies illegal - 1918

Labor history found here: http://www.unionist.com/today-in-labor-history & here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_09_24_2009

Who were the Wobblies? It's a very cute name, like the Wiggles. But I suspect it must have been a labor group of some sort. 1918 was pretty early in the organized labor movement, wasn't it?

http://www.iww.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Workers_of_the_World

Currently they are fighting tooth and nail to organize Starbucks.

Good on 'em!