Tag: labor history
This Week in Labor History April 22-28
APRIL 22
2011 – Songwriter, musician and activist Hazel Dickens dies at age 75. Among her songs: “They’ll Never Keep Us Down” and “Working Girl...
This Week in Labor History April 15-21
APRIL 15
1912 – Eight members of the Musicians union die in the sinking of the Titanic. According to survivors, they played their instruments until...
This Week in Labor History April 1-7
APRIL 1
1898 – United Mine Workers of America win eight-hour day.
1929 – Strike of cotton mill workers begins in Gastonia, N.C. During the strike,...
This Week in Labor History March 18-24
MARCH 18
1834 – Six laborers in Dorset, England — the “Tolpuddle Martyrs” — are banished to the Australian penal colony for seven years for...
This Week in Labor History March 11-17
MARCH 11
1811 – Luddites smash 63 “labor saving” textile machines near Nottingham, England.
1950 – Transport Workers Union members at American Airlines win 11-day national...
This Week In Labor History March 4-10
MARCH 4
1801 – In his inaugural address, President Thomas Jefferson declares: “Take not from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.”
1913 –...
This Week In Labor History February 29 – March 4
FEBRUARY 26
1941 – Bethlehem Steel workers strike for union recognition, Bethlehem, Pa.
1972 – A coal slag heap doubling as a dam in West Virginia’s...
This Week In Labor History February 19-25
FEBRUARY 19
1909 – American Federation of Labor issues a charter to its new Railroad Employees Department.
1910 – A few weeks after workers ask for...
This Week In Labor History February 12-18
FEBRUARY 12
1818 – Abolitionist Frederick Douglass born into slavery near Easton, Md.
1880 – John L. Lewis, president of United Mine Workers of America and...
This Week In Labor History February 5-11
FEBRUARY 5
1830 – First daily Labor newspaper, N.Y. Daily Sentinel, begins publication.
1993 – President Bill Clinton signs the Family and Medical Leave Act. The...