On this day in Labor History the year was 1852. It was the last day of a three-day convention held in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Printers who worked for newspapers and other publications from fourteen cities had converged to decide if they wanted to form a union.
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
July 1 - The Po-Boy is Born
June 30 - Convict Lease System Ends in Alabama
June 29 - Fighting Insurmountable Odds
June 28 - Harry Bridges Act Signed into Law
June 27 - Founding of the IWW
June 26 - Milwaukee Transit Workers Join the ‘34 Strike Wave
June 25 - Congress Pushes for Wartime Labor Repression
June 24 - Striking Against Taft-Hartley
June 23 - Legislating Labor’s Destruction
June 22 - A Long Road to Victory
June 21 - Miners Push Back Against Starvation Wages
June 20 - UAW Wins a First Contract at Ford
June 19 - The Fight to Free the Hawaii Seven
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