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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 17, 1862: The Battle of Pigeon Roost took place in Princeton during the Civil War. Union soldiers we...
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, Leverkusen, Bochum, Hanover, Leipzig, Weimar, Magdeburg and others. Hospital workers cut back services...
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 Yankee soldier and started her spy career. May 9, 1863: Confederate raiders arrived at Burning Spri...
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 Don Chafin, coal companies and the West Virginia State Police. The battle came to an end when federal ...