Tag: labor history
This week in labor history: July 27-August 2
JULY 27
1869 – William Sylvis, founder of the National Labor Union, died.
JULY 28
1869 – Women shoemakers in Lynn, Mass., create Daughters of St. Crispin,...
This week in labor history: July 20-26
JULY 20
1899 – New York City newsboys, many so poor that they were sleeping in the streets, begin a two-week strike. Several rallies drew...
This week in labor history: July 13-19
JULY 13
1934 – Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union organized in Tyronza, Ark.
1995 – Detroit newspaper workers begin 19-month strike against Gannett, Knight-Ridder. The strike was...
This week in labor history: July 6-12
JULY 6
1889 – Two strikers and a bystander are killed, 30 seriously wounded by police in Duluth, Minn. The workers, mostly immigrants building the...
This week in labor history: June 29-July 5
JUNE 29
1885 – What is to be a seven-day streetcar strike begins in Chicago after several workers are unfairly fired. Wrote the police chief...
This week in labor history: June 22-28
JUNE 22
1918 – A total of 86 passengers on a train carrying members of the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus are killed, another 127 injured in a...
This week in labor history: June 15-21
JUNE 15
1990 – Battle of Century City, as police in Los Angeles attack some 500 janitors and their supporters during a peaceful Service Employees...
Labor history on the move: Iconic 50-year-old Plumbers & Pipefitters 562...
Earth City, MO – A 50-year-old, ornamental union logo was installed last week at the new Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 562 training center in...
This week in labor history: June 8-14
JUNE 8
1904 – A battle between the militia and striking miners at Dunnville, Colo., ends with six union members dead and 15 taken prisoner....
This week in labor history: May 25-31
MAY 25
1805 – Pressured by employers, striking shoemakers in Philadelphia are arrested and charged with criminal conspiracy for violating an English common law that...