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July 8, 2019

25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

July 11, 1994 EAST PEORIA, Illinois — Members of the United Auto workers effectively shut down operations at Caterpillar Inc.’s plants in three states when they walked off the job…


June 3, 2019

25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

June 6, 1994 EAST PEORIA, Illinois — In a victory for the United Auto Workers union, Caterpillar Inc. announced May 19 that it would reinstate 34 of 37 workers indefinitely…


May 27, 2019

25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

May 30, 1994 A major confrontation is looming in the two-year war between members of the United Auto Workers and the bosses at Caterpillar, Inc. The entire labor movement has…




March 4, 2019

Thousands of workers strike in Mexico, win wage hike

More than 25,000 workers at 45 factories — mostly foreign-owned auto– and electrical-parts plants — in Matamoros, Mexico, near the U.S. border ended a rolling strike Feb. 11 after winning…