July 18 Striking for Dignity
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July 18 Striking for Dignity

2017-07-18
On this day in labor history, the year was 1969. That was the day hospital workers in Charleston, South Carolina won union recognition. The 113-day strike reflected all the broader social issues of the day. Led primarily by black women, the strike at the Medical College, Charleston County and several other hospitals intersected civil rights and racial and gender discrimination on the job. Jewel Charmaine Debnam notes that women like Local 1199B president Mary Moultrie, Naomi White and others...
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