Portal:Organized Labour/February history
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Significant dates in labour history.
- February 01 - The Paterson Silk Strike of 1913 began in the U.S.; the San Diego Free Speech Fight began in the U.S. in 1912
- February 02 - Shannon J. Wall died
- February 03 - George Becker died; José Vitoriano died
- February 04 - Bill Haywood was born; John Mitchell was born; Benyoucef Benkhedda died
- February 05 - Neil Aggett died
- February 06 - The Seattle General Strike of 1919 began in the U.S.; Elba Esther Gordillo was born; William Hutcheson was born
- February 07 - The Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894 began in the U.S.; the 2006 labour protests in France began; Paul Mattick died
- February 08 - Ong Teng Cheong died; Jakob Kaiser was born
- February 09 - George Lippard died; the Supreme Court of Canada issued its reasoning in Ontario Human Rights Commission v. Etobicoke
- February 10 - 11 strikers were killed during the Reesor Siding Strike of 1963 in Canada; Peter Smith died; the Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO was founded; the film Blue Collar was released
- February 11 - The Oxnard Strike of 1903 began in the U.S.; the UAW won a first contract at GM, ending the Flint Sit-Down Strike; Nellie Quander was born; Mark Hewitson died; Clyde Cameron was born; the Memphis Sanitation Strike began
- February 12 - John L. Lewis was born
- February 13 - Margaretta Scott was born; Dennis McDermott died; John Healey was born
- February 14 - The Asbestos Strike began in 1949 in Australia; the Winter of Discontent ended in the U.K. in 1979; Jimmy Hoffa was born; Michael Sacco was born; the Confederation of State and Municipal Employees of Iceland was founded; Mary Lee was born
- February 15 - The 1951 New Zealand waterfront dispute began; Baldemar Velasquez was born; Alice Henry died
- February 16 - The Griviţa Strike of 1933 began in Romania in 1933; William Quesse died; the National Hockey League cancelled its season in the middle of the 2004-05 NHL lockout; James Orange died;
- February 17 - Harry Van Arsdale, Jr. died
- February 18 - Peter J. McGuire died; George Campbell was born
- February 19 - The U.S. Supreme Court decided Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority and NLRB v. J. Weingarten, Inc.; I. C. Frimu died
- February 20 - The 2004 CN Rail workers strike began in Canada; Chittabrata Majumdar died
- February 21 - Patrick J. Campbell died; Phil Hare was born; Felix Aylmer was born
- February 22 - Albert Shanker died; David Dubinsky was born; the Democratic Organization of African Workers' Trade Union was founded; Poncke Princen died
- February 23 - Douglas Fraser died; Graduate Employees Together - University of Pennsylvania was formed; John Holman died; Kate Barnard died; Benyoucef Benkhedda was born; the Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association was founded
- February 24 - The General Union of Algerian Workers was founded; the U.S. Supreme Court decided Muller v. Oregon; John P. Frey was born; Marshall W. Mason was born
- February 25 - Edgar Nixon died; Las Aguas Bajan Turbias, an Argentine film about workers forming a trade union, debuted in the U.S.
- February 26 - John Holman was born; the Southern California Supermarket strike of 2003-2004 ended in the U.S.; Frederick Hayday died
- February 27 - The Labour Party was founded in the U.K. in 1909; Mark Hewitson died; the first Spanish Trade Union Organisation congress was held; the European Court of Human Rights decided ASLEF v. United Kingdom; Tom Williamson, Baron Williamson died
- February 28 - The University of Miami 2006 custodial workers' strike began in the U.S.; John White was born; Hal C. Banks was born; Lim Chin Siong was born; John La Rose died; Tommy Lewis died; Ted Theodore died; Arthur Hayday died
- February 29 - A. L. Lloyd was born
