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Today in Labor History: Picketing declared unconstitutional

December 21, 2012 By Special to People’s World

On this day in 1921 the Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice William Howard Taft, declared that picketing was unconstitutional.

Today in Labor History: Greyhound strike ends

December 19, 2012 By Special to People’s World

On this day in 1983, a 47-day strike against Greyhound by its workers, members of the Amalgamated Transit Union, ended.

Today in labor history: Farm workers on trial

December 18, 2012 By Special to People’s World

On this day in 1830, the trial of nearly 350 agricultural workers began in England.

Today in labor history: FDR lifts internment of Japanese Americans

December 17, 2012 By Special to People’s World

President Roosevelt lifted the "military-necessary exclusion" of Japanese Americans from the West Coast, marking the beginning of the end of a shameful chapter of U.S. history.

Today in labor history: Samuel Gompers dies at the age of 74

December 13, 2012 By Special to People’s World

Gompers died December 13, 1924. He served as president of the American Federation of Labor from 1886 to 1894 and from 1895 to his death.