Vol. 72/No. 31      August 4, 2008

The close to 200 people who packed the meeting greeted his statement with sustained applause. Weisen, president of United Steelworkers (USWA) Local 1397 at U.S. Steel’s Homestead Works, chaired the important labor meeting which attracted steelworkers, coal miners, and electrical workers, as well as officials of some local unions like the postal workers and shipbuilders.  
 
August 4, 1958
NEW YORK—The petition drive to place the United Independent Socialist Ticket on the ballot for the New York State elections in November began yesterday.

A petition workers’ rally held at Adelphi Hall on July 24 kicked off the signature drive. Henry Abrams chaired the gathering of approximately 175 people. He voiced the opinion of everyone present when he said that “Ours will be the only ticket to express the growing sentiment for peace in the coming election.”

Richard Garza, in charge of the “up-state” campaign, reported that “The response from the people in the up-state counties has been heart-warming.”  
 
August 4, 1933
TORONTO—No action on the part of workers in Canada since the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 carries such tremendous significance as the mass parade and demonstration against Fascism which took place in Toronto on July 11th. For the first time in 15 years working class solidarity found expression in a monster parade involving about 10,000 workers belonging to trade unions and political organizations.

When 3 o’clock came workers were pouring into the park by the hundreds, whole factories marching down together or hurrying to the assembly point by street-car. In the front ranks were the workers of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, some 1,400, followed by the ILGWU, the Industrial unions and other unions affiliated.  
 
 
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