This Month in Labor History:
September
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October 1, 1954
-- 40,000 CIO railway
workers affiliate with
TWU.
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October 1, 1962
-- First New York City
MABSTOA contract
ratified.
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October 1, 1985
-- Local 225 Branch 4
chartered.
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October 4, 1937
-- First TWU
Constitutional
Convention.
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October 5, 1976
-- Local 241 ratifies
contract after nine-day
strike at Columbia
University, gaining wage
increases, prescription
plan, and increased
health insurance
coverage.
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October
6, 1970 -- Local
291, representing
Metro-Dade transit
workers, chartered.
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October 10, 1946
-- Local 241 strikes
Columbia University for
five days, gaining
40-hour work week.
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October 12, 1937
-- First contract with
BMT gains TWU
recognition for 12,000
transit workers.
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October 15, 1945
-- Air Transport Locals
504, New York, and 505,
San Francisco,
chartered.
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October 22, 1945
-- First contract for
Local 241, Columbia
University, goes into
effect.
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October 24, 1978
-- Airline Deregulation
Act passed. It leads to
abandonment of routes,
decreased service,
bankruptcies of
established carriers,
and unfair competition,
all fostered by new
low-wage non-union
airlines.
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October 27, 1941
-- Employees of Omaha
and Council Bluffs
Street Railways vote TWU
and form Local 223.
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October 29, 1955
-- Local 276 in Waco
wins 58 day strike.
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