December 16, 1977 – “Eight female employees of the Citizens National Bank in Willmar Minn.,” went on strike over charges of sex discrimination. The Willmar 8, as they were called, “were protesting unequal pay and unequal opportunities for advancement” of the bank’s female employees.
“In the summer of 1979 the National Labor Relations Board issued a ruling on the complaint. The NLRB declared that the bank was guilty of unfair labor practices, but those practices did not cause the strike. The NLRB ruled that the strike was ‘economic.’ As a result of this decision there was no back pay and no guarantee of the women recovering their jobs.”
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