Today in Labor History May 22 Debs imprisoned for role in Pullman strike, “Battle of Deputies Run”

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Today in Labor History May 22 Debs imprisoned for role in Pullman strike, “Battle of Deputies Run”

May 22

Eugene V. Debs imprisoned in Woodstock, Ill. for role in Pullman strike - 1895

Civil Service Retirement Act of 1920 gives federal workers a pension - 1920

May 22, 1934 - The “Battle of Deputies Run” took place in Minneapolis, as strikers routed police and a Citizen’s Alliance mob, killing two people. It was one episode in the milestone Minneapolis Teamster truckers strike of 1934.

For more on the strike, go to www.mnhs.org/library/tips/history_topics/81truckersstrike.html

Also, visit the Minneapolis Labor Review archive at www.minneapolisunions.org

Labor history found here: http://www.unionist.com/today-in-labor-history & here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_05_22_2010

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