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25 years ago: Zimbabwe strikers defy mass firings by MugabeOn September 4, 1996, more than 100,000 public service workers in Zimbabwe returned to work after successfully defying the threat of mass firings by President Robert Mugabe. The strike ended after a lengthy cabinet meeting voted to rescind the threat to fire 7,000 strikers and agreed that all those who participated in the walkout would be reinstated.

Special to the News Tribune CHARLESTON – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. May 16, 1778: About 300 Wyandot and Mingo Indians attacked Fort Randolph at Point Pleasant. Unable to take the fort, the Indians proceeded up the Kanawha River toward other settlements. May 17, 1854: A violent windstorm swept up the Ohio River and severely damaged the Wheeling Suspension Bridge. May ...

This week in history: May 17-23 16 May 2021 Striking German workers in the 1990s. On May 20-22, 1996, nearly two weeks of protest strikes against German Chancellor Helmut Kohl’s plans for $32 billion in cuts in the welfare state culminated in three days of mass action. Involving over 100,000 public sector workers in the OTV union and 60,000 members of IG Metall, the strikes hit postal services, refuse collection and public transport in many major cities—Cologne, Bonn, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Le...

This Week in W.Va. History Special to the News Tribune CHARLESTON – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. May 9, 1800: Abolitionist John Brown was born in Torrington, Connecticut. His 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry galvanized the nation, further alienating the North and South. May 9, 1843: Confederate spy ‘‘Belle’’ Boyd was born in Martinsburg. On July 4, 1861, Belle shot a...

A series of events are currently being planned to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the Battle of Blair Mountain later this summer. For several days throughout late August and early September 1921, southern West Virginia was the site of the largest labor uprisings in American history. Nearly 100 people were killed when armed warfare broke out on Blair Mountain in Logan County between thousands of pro-union coal miners and armed forces consisting of deputies sent by Logan County Sheriff Do...

Democrats en Deshabille “Swiss Billionaire Quietly Becomes Influential Force Among Democrats” [New York Times]. ‘He is not as well known as wealthy liberal patrons like George Soros or Tom Steyer. His political activism is channeled through a daisy chain of opaque organizations that mask the ultimate recipients of his money. But the Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss has quietly become one of the most important donors to left-leaning advocacy groups and an increasingly influential force am...

Railton explores the connections between America’s past and present.  On April 1, 1946, 75 years ago today, the United Mine Workers of America (represented by union president John L. Lewis) and the United States government (represented by Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug) signed the historic Promise of 1946, also known as the Krug-Lewis Agreement. Mine workers had been on strike since just after the conclusion of World War II, advocating for better medical, welfare, and retirement prot...