Tag: labor history
This week in labor history: June 27-July 3
JUNE 27
1905 – The Industrial Workers of the World, also known as the “Wobblies,” is founded at a 12-day-long convention in Chicago. The Wobbly...
This week in labor history: June 20-26
JUNE 20
1893 – The American Railway Union, headed by Eugene Debs, is founded in Chicago. In the Pullman strike a year later, the union...
This week in labor history: June 13-19
JUNE 13
1884 – Congress creates a Bureau of Labor under the Interior Department. It later became independent as a Department of Labor without executive...
This week in labor history: May 30 – June 5
MAY 30
1929 – The Ford Motor Company signs a “Technical Assistance” contract to produce cars in the Soviet Union, and Ford workers are sent...
This week in labor history: May 23-29
MAY 23
1903 – An estimated 100,000 textile workers, including more than 10,000 children, strike in the Philadelphia area. Among the issues: 60-hour workweeks, including...
This week in labor history: May 16-22
MAY 16
1934 – Minneapolis general strike backs Teamsters, who are striking most of the city’s trucking companies.
1938 – U.S. Supreme Court issues Mackay decision,...
This week in labor history: May 9-15
MAY 9
1837 – The first Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women was held on this date in New York City. Attendees included women of color,...
This week in labor history: April 2-8
MAY 2
1867 – Chicago’s first Trades Assembly, formed three years earlier, sponsors a general strike by thousands of workers to enforce the state’s new...
This week in labor history: April 18-24
APRIL 18
1912 – West Virginia coal miners strike, defend themselves against National Guard.
1941 – After a four-week boycott led by Rev. Adam Clayton Powell...
This week in labor history: April 11-17
APRIL 11
1941 – Ford Motor Company signs first contract with United Auto Workers.
1947 – Jackie Robinson, first Black ballplayer hired by a major league...