Tag: labor history
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...
This week in labor history: March 28 – April 3
APRIL 4
1907 – The first issue of The Labor Review, a “weekly magazine for organized workers,” was published in Minneapolis. Edna George, a cigar...
This week in labor history: March 28 – April 3
MARCH 28
1935 – Members of Gas House Workers’ Union Local 18799 begin what is to become a 4-month recognition strike against the Laclede Gas...
This week in labor history: March 21-27
MARCH 21
1853 – American Labor Union founded.
MARCH 22
1886 – Mark Twain, a lifelong member of the Int’l Typographical Union (now part of CWA), speaks...
This week in labor history: March 14-20
MARCH 14
1863 – Fabled railroad engineer John Luther “Casey” Jones born in southeast Missouri. A member of the Railroad Engineers, he was the sole...
This week in labor history: February 21-27
FEBRUARY 21
1868 – A state law is enacted in California providing the eight-hour day for most workers, but it was not effectively enforced.
1972 –...
This week in labor history: February 14-20
FEBRUARY 14
1903 – Western Federation of Miners strike for eight-hour workday.
1903 – President Theodore Roosevelt creates the Department of Commerce and Labor. It was...