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October 18
The “Shoemakers of Boston” - the first labor organization in what would later become the United States - was authorized by the Massachusetts Bay Colony - 1648
IWW Colorado Mine strike; first time all coal fields are out - 1927
58,000 Chrysler Corp. workers strike for wage increases - 1939
The United Packinghouse Workers of America (UPWA) was formed as a self-governing union, an outgrowth of the CIO’s Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee. UPWA merged with the Meatcutters union in 1968, which merged with the Retail Clerks in 1979 to form the United Food and Commerical Workers (UFCW) - 1943
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