On this day in Labor History the year was 1909. That was day the British House of Lords rejected the “People’s Budget.” The proposed budget plan was a product of the Liberal government headed by Prime Minister H.H. Asquith. This budget was championed by Chancellor of the Exchequer, David Lloyd George and the President of the Board of Trade, a young Winston Churchill.
July 21 - The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 Erupts
July 20 - Bloody Friday
July 19 - The ‘34 General Strike in San Francisco Winds Down
July 18 - Striking for Dignity
July 17 - Lumber Workers Put Down Their Axes
July 16 - Bloody Thursday
July 15 - The 1959 Steel Strike
July 14 - A Summer of Public Sector Strikes
July 13 - Striking News in Detroit
July 12 - The ILGWU Comes to Tupelo
July 11 - The Little Steel Strike Begins to Collapse
July 10 - Organizing During Wartime
July 9 - Organizing ALL of NYC Transit
July 8 - WPA Building Trades On Strike
July 7 - State Militia Confront Pullman Strikers
July 6 - Industrial Murder in the North Sea
July 5 - Bloody Thursday
July 4 - Founding of the National Unemployed Council
July 3 - The New Deal Against Sit-Downs
July 2 - A Foul Blot Upon the Labor Movement
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