This Day in Labor History
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.
On September 16, 1920, a bomb went off on Wall Street at 12:01 PM. It killed thirty people and seriously injured 143. Almost certainly the work of extremist Italian anarchists.
On September 11, 2001, mostly Saudi terrorists hijacked four planes as an radical attack on the United States. They killed 2,996 people at the time. More have died since of.
On September 7, 1933, cranberry workers on Cape Cod went on strike to protest their terrible wages and working conditions. Threatening the ability of Americans to have some taste to.
On August 4, 1997, the Teamsters went on strike against United Parcel Service in one of the few major labor victories of the 1990s. In the 1960s, thanks in part.
On July 29, 1987, Jobs with Justice was created in Miami at the AFL-CIO convention. An attempt to bring labor into coalition with other groups for broader social change, Jobs.
On July 18, 1899, New York newsboys went on strike over the big newspaper companies forcing them to pay for their unsold papers. The Newsies Strike got national attention, both.
On July 10, 1902, the Rolling Mill Mine in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, exploded due to a rise in firedamp, which is a rise in methane to dangerous levels. 112 miners.