Today in Labor History June 5 Shortly after midnight, Robert Kennedy was shot & Teamsters item

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Today in Labor History June 5 Shortly after midnight, Robert Kennedy was shot & Teamsters item

Edited on Sat Jun-05-10 08:40 AM by Omaha Steve

June 5

June 5, 1968 - Shortly after midnight, Robert Kennedy was shot after just finishing a speech in a California hotel. He had won the California primary and four others and seemed a shoo-in for the Democratic presidential nomination. He died about 24 hours after the shooting; Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of the assassination. Read more about the legacy of Bobby Kennedy at this link: http://www.kennedymemorialfoundation.com/index.asp?Type=B_LIST&SEC={EED9F04F-F434-4409-9664-6724B832C961} and http://www.rfkmemorial.org/rfk80th/

Thirty-five members of the Teamsters, concerned about the infiltration of organized crime in the union and other issues, meet in Cleveland to form Teamsters for a Democratic Union - 1976

Labor history found here: http://www.unionist.com/today-in-labor-history & here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_06_05_2010

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