August 31, 1985 - The Twin Cities P-9 Support Committee brought its first food caravan to Austin, Minnesota, to aid the Hormel strikers. More than 100 tons of food was donated.

August 31, 1991 - More than 350,000 union members marched in sweltering weather in Washington, D.C., to demand workplace fairness and health care reform. The event was the second Solidarity Day demonstration (the first took place 10 years before, following the PATCO firings).