sidney hillman

This Day in Labor History: September 22, 1910

By Erik Loomis

In General

On September 22, 2023

On September 22, 1910, Chicago garment workers walked off the job. This strike not only was one of the key garment worker strikes of the era, but also started the long and respected labor career of Sidney Hillman, later one of the most important labor...

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This Day in Labor History: September 13, 1932

By Erik Loomis

On September 13, 2022

On September 13, 1932, the Amalgamated Clothing Workers led a successful strike of garment workers in Baltimore. This strike was a sign of the growing organizing of the 1930s that.

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This Day in Labor History: January 21, 1941

By Erik Loomis

On January 21, 2020

On January 21, 1941, workers at the Allis-Chalmers engine and turbine company plant in West Allis, Wisconsin, outside of Milwaukee, walked off the job in protest over the employers firing.

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 13

By Erik Loomis

In General

On January 23, 2016

This is the grave of Sidney Hillman. Hillman was born into a Jewish family in Lithuania in 1887. He was training to be a rabbi, but fell in with political radicals, joined the Bund, and fled Tsarist anti-radical oppression in 1906, coming to the United...

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