6-5-15 On this day in Labor History the year was 1979 in 2:00

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June 5, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1979. That was the day that leaders from the Retail Clerks and the Amalgamated Meat Cutters unions began two-day special conventions to discuss merging their organizations. The result was the forming of the United Food and Commercial Workers.

2:00 minute audio at link.