Vol. 79/No. 35 October 5, 2015
October 5, 1990
In a vote of 14 to 1, with Cuba voting against, the United Nations Security Council took further steps September 25 to tighten its embargo against Iraq.The resolution is the eighth passed by the UN body since the Iraqi regime invaded neighboring Kuwait August 2. Earlier resolutions condemned the invasion and demanded Iraqi troops immediately withdraw from Kuwaiti territory. Subsequent resolutions imposed a naval embargo on all trade with Iraq and approved the use of force to enforce the blockade. The most recent resolution extends the embargo to include air traffic with Iraq. It also provides for the imposition of trade sanctions on any country breaking the embargo.
October 4, 1965
More than 10,000 soft coal miners in West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio have reportedly temporarily ended a 19-day wildcat strike in one of the most poverty stricken areas of the country.Members of District 6 of the United Mine Workers began walking off the job Sept. 8 when six miners employed by the Hanna Coal Company’s Ireland Mine near Moundsville, W. Va., were fired for participating an “unauthorized” walkout. Five of the discharged miners were union officers, including Local 1110 President Karl Kafton.
In addition to automating mines, coal operators have been engaged in a ruthless campaign to intensify workers’ productivity while slashing union wages and working conditions.
October 5, 1940
SAN FRANCISCO — Vigorous protest against outlawing the Communist Party in California was voiced this week by the Socialist Workers Party, San Francisco Branch, in a telegram to Governor Olson.Despite its profound political disagreement with the Communist Party, the SWP branded the move a direct blow against the labor movement as a whole.
Utilizing the war scare to strike at the currently least popular section of the labor movement, California’s reactionary legislature made the first open move toward chaining labor to the war machine by approving a bill denying a place on the ballot to any party using the name “Communist.”
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