Organizational Labor Events By DTRan1421 Dec 1, 1966 New York Transportation Strike Jan 6, 1967 Copper Strike Dec 6, 1967 Copper Strike Jan 1, 1968 Formation of United Transportation Union Mar 8, 1970 Post Office Strike Jun 1, 1971 New York City Police Strike Feb 24, 1974 Coalition of Labor Union Women May 24, 1977 Coors Beer Strike and Boycott Jun 24, 1978 Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Newspaper Strike Aug 3, 1981 Air traffic controller strike Jan 24, 1983 Phelps-Dodge Copper Strike Feb 24, 1985 Los Angeles County Sanitation Strike May 24, 1986 USX (United States Steel) Lockout Jan 24, 1989 Pittston Coal Company Mine Workers' Strike Sep 28, 1992 Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance created within AFL-CIO Dec 12, 1997 Pride at Works becomes AFL-CIO constituency group Apr 29, 2000 Union members against permanent trade with China Aug 16, 2003 AFL-CIO Establishes Working America Dec 8, 2007 United Nations Climate Change Conference Jul 25, 2008 Workers Uniting The United Steel Workers union (USW) joins with unions in Britain, Ireland, Canada, and the Caribbean to form the global union Sep 12, 2012 Coke workers vote not to be represented at The International Brotherhood of Teamsters