Today in Labor History Oct 31 Tennessee uses convict laborers to break a coal miners strike & more

October 31

Tennessee sends in leased convict laborers to break a coal miners strike in Anderson County. The miners revolted, burned the stockades, and sent the captured convicts by train back to Knoxville - 1891

After 14 years of labor by 400 stone masons, the Mt. Rushmore sculpture is completed in Keystone, South Dakota - 1941

The Upholsterers International Union merges into the United Steelworkers - 1949

Int'l Alliance of Bill Posters, Billers & Distributors of the United States & Canada surrenders its AFL-CIO charter and is disbanded - 1971

October 31, 2002 - The Minnesota AFL-CIO endorsed Walter Mondale for U.S. Senate, to run in place of Paul Wellstone, who was killed six days earlier in a plane crash.

Labor history found here: http://www.unionist.com/today-in-labor-history & here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_10_31_2010