On this day in Labor History the year was 1977. The eyes of the British Labor Movement were turned to the Grunwick Film Labor Processing Laboratories in northwest London. Members of trade unions participated in a large demonstration at the factory.
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May 22 - Chicago’s First Teachers Strike
May 21 - Truman Seizes the Coal Mines
May 20 - Steel’s First Union Vote
May 19 - Remembering C.L.R. James
May 18 - Birth of the Gray Panthers
May 17 - Brown v. Board of Education
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