Tag: labor history
This week in labor history: February 10-16
FEBRUARY 10
1908 – The American Federation of Labor (AFL) founds the Building and Construction Trades Department as a way to overcome the jurisdictional conflicts...
This week in labor history: February 3-9
FEBRUARY 3
1908 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules the United Hatters Union violated the Sherman Antitrust Act by organizing a nationwide boycott of Danbury...
This week in labor history: January 27-February 2
JANUARY 27
1734 – New York City maids organize to improve working conditions.
1891 – Mine explosion in Mount Pleasant, Pa., leaves more than 100 dead.
1920...
This week in labor history: January 20-26
JANUARY 20
1909 – Chicago Crib Disaster – A fire breaks out during construction of a water tunnel for the city of Chicago, burning the...
This week in labor history: January 12-19
JANUARY 13
1874 – The original Tompkins Square Riot. As unemployed workers demonstrated in New York’s Tompkins Square Park, a detachment of mounted police charged...
This week in labor history: January 6-12
JANUARY 6
1882 – The Toronto Trades and Labour Council endorses the principle of equal pay for equal work between men and women.
1916 – Eight...
This week in labor history: December 30-January 5
DECEMBER 30
1899 – Gathering in the back room of Behrens’ cigar shop in Sedalia, Mo., 33 railroad clerks form Local Lodge Number 1 of...
This week in labor history: December 23-29
DECEMBER 23
1908 – AFL officers are found in contempt of court for urging a Labor boycott of Buck’s Stove and Range Co. in St...
This week in labor history: December 16-22
DECEMBER 16
1900 – The National Civic Federation is formed by business and Labor leaders, most prominently AFL president Sam Gompers, as a vehicle to...
This week in labor history: December 9-15
DECEMBER 9
2001 – Ratification of a new labor agreement at Titan Tire of Natchez, Miss., ends the longest strike in the history of the...
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