Tag: labor history
This week in labor history: September 5-11
SEPTEMBER 5
1882 – Between 20,000 and 30,000 marchers participate in New York’s first Labor Day parade, demanding the eight-hour day.
1917 – “Palmer raids” on...
This week in labor history: August 29-September 4
AUGUST 29
1907 – Seventy-five workers die when the lower St. Lawrence River’s Quebec Bridge collapses while under construction. A flawed design was found to...
This week in labor history: August 22-28
AUGUST 22
1945 – Five flight attendants form the Air Line Stewardesses Association, the first Labor union representing flight attendants. They were reacting to an...
This week in labor history: August 15-21
AUGUST 8
1902 – Delegates to the St. Paul Trades and Labor Assembly elect 35-year-old Charles James, leader of the Boot and Shoe Workers local...
ST. LOUIS LABOR RETROSPECTIVE: Button collection shows union pride, history
By ZACHARY PALITZSCH
Archivist
Missouri State Historical Society
Union buttons were a symbol of pride for union members during the 20th century. However, in many industries, workers...
This week in labor history: August 8-14
AUGUST 8
1902 – Delegates to the St. Paul Trades and Labor Assembly elect 35-year-old Charles James, leader of the Boot and Shoe Workers local...
This week in labor history: August 1-7
AUGUST 1
1917 – After organizing a strike of metal miners against the Anaconda Company, Wobbly organizer Frank Little is dragged by six masked men...
This week in labor history: July 25-31
JULY 25
1877 – Workers stage a general strike – believed to be the nation’s first – in St. Louis, in support of striking railroad...
This week in labor history: July 18-24
JULY 11
1892 – Striking coal miners in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, dynamite barracks housing Pinkerton management thugs.
1936 – After seven years of labor by as...
This week in labor history: July 11-17
JULY 11
1892 – Striking coal miners in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, dynamite barracks housing Pinkerton management thugs.
1936 – After seven years of labor by as...