Tag: labor history
This week in labor history: November 30-December 6
DECEMBER 1
1913 – The Ford Motor Co. introduces the continuous moving assembly line which can produce a complete car every two-and-a-half hours.
1930 – Kellogg...
This week in labor history: November 23-29
NOVEMBER 23
1170 B.C. – History’s first recorded (on papyrus) strike, by Egyptians working on public works projects for King Ramses III in the Valley...
This week in labor history: November 16-22
NOVEMBER 16
1927 – A county judge in Punxsutawney, Pa., grants an injunction requested by the Clearfield Bituminous Coal Co. forbidding strikers from speaking to...
This week in labor history: November 9-15
NOVEMBER 9
1872 – Twenty people, including at least nine fire fighters, are killed in Boston’s worst fire. It consumed 65 downtown acres and 776...
Mother Jones remembered on Miners Day
Mt. Olive, IL – Mother Jones and the fallen miners that she held in such high esteem were remembered and honored on Miners Day,...
This week in labor history: November 2-8
NOVEMBER 2
1909 – Police arrest 150 in IWW free speech fight, Spokane, Wash.
1920 – Railroad union leader & socialist Eugene V. Debs receives nearly...
This week in labor history: October 26-31
OCTOBER 26
1825 – After eight years and at least 1,000 worker deaths — mostly Irish immigrants — the 350-mile Erie Canal opens, linking the...
This week in labor history: October 12-18
OCTOBER 12
1898 – Company guards kill at least eight miners who are attempting to stop scabs, Virden, Ill. Six guards are also killed, and...
This week in labor history: October 5-11
OCTOBER 5
1945 – A strike by set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, Calif., when...
This week in labor history: September 28-October 4
SEPTEMBER 28
1864 – The International Workingmen’s Association is founded in London. It was an international organization trying to unite a variety of different left-wing,...
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