March

March 4, 1923....largely due to NFFE, the Classification Act was passed into law, establishing job classifications for white collar federal work

March 11, 1811....Luddites smash 63 "labor saving" textile machines near Nottingham, England

March 12, 1912....textile workers win their strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts

March 13, 1938....labor attorney Clarence Darrow dies

March 14, 1991....government workers in Brazil, unpaid since November, seize governor's place

March 15, 1917....Supreme Court, under the threat of a rail strike, approved the 8-Hour Act

March 17, 1970....Letter Carriers in New York City vote to go on strike, triggering a nationwide Postal Strike

March 18, 1937....police evict retail clerks occupying a New York Woolworth's for a 40-hour week

March 23, 1932....Norris-La Guardia Act was passed in law to restrict injunctions against unions and ban yellow dog contracts

March 24, 1976....Coca-Cola workers occupy a plant in Guatemala City

March 25, 1911....Triangle Shirtwaist fire kills 146 workers locked in by their boss in New York City

March 28, 1983....96% of workers went on strike in Argentina

March 30, 1918....stockyard workers in Chicago won 8-hour day

March 31, 1994....Air France workers blocked a runway to protest lay-offs