Episodes
Sunday Feb 08, 2015
February 8
Sunday Feb 08, 2015
Sunday Feb 08, 2015
Each and every day Labor’s history continues to be written. Such is the case in North Carolina. On this day in labor history, the year was 2014 which saw a massive protest in Raleigh.
The protest was part of the “Moral Monday” movement.
“Moral Mondays” started off as and continue as a series of protests against new policies enacted by the Republican legislature and governor of North Carolina.
Saturday Feb 07, 2015
February 7
Saturday Feb 07, 2015
Saturday Feb 07, 2015
On this day in labor history, the year was 1913 law enforcement officers and mining company guards rode on an armored train firing indiscriminately into a tent colony of striking miners and their families at Holly Grove, West Virginia.
For nearly a year, what became known as the Paint Creek-Cabin Creek mine wars had raged in the rich coal range of West Virginia?
Friday Feb 06, 2015
February 6
Friday Feb 06, 2015
Friday Feb 06, 2015
On this day in labor history, the year was 1919 marking the first day of the week-long general strike in Seattle, Washington. As World War I drew to a close many workers in the city were frustrated by two years without pay increases due to the war.
Thursday Feb 05, 2015
February 5
Thursday Feb 05, 2015
Thursday Feb 05, 2015
On this day in labor history, the year was 1993, Today marks an important day for all working families in the United States. In an attempt "to balance the demands of the workplace with the needs of families." President Bill Clinton signed the Family Medical Leave Act, or FMLA.
Wednesday Feb 04, 2015
February 4
Wednesday Feb 04, 2015
Wednesday Feb 04, 2015
On this day in labor history, the year was 1869 and we celebrate the birthday of one of the most formidable figures in U.S. labor. “Big Bill Haywood” was one of the founders of the Industrial Workers of the World or IWW in 1905. He was also active in the Socialist Party. Haywood entered the mines at only nine years of age. He became the secretary-treasurer of the Western Federation of Miners in 1900.
Tuesday Feb 03, 2015
February 3
Tuesday Feb 03, 2015
Tuesday Feb 03, 2015
During this past year, there have been many news stories of students walking out of public schools to protest the practices of community policing. This tactic has deep roots in the Civil Rights Movement. On this day in labor history, the year was 1964 with nearly a half a million African American and Puerto Rican students in New York City, participated in a one-day school boycott.
Monday Feb 02, 2015
February 2
Monday Feb 02, 2015
Monday Feb 02, 2015
Today in labor history, February 2, 1929 3,000 timber workers in New South Wales, Australia were locked out of their jobs. Australia was in the midst of the Great Depression.
Sunday Feb 01, 2015
February 1
Sunday Feb 01, 2015
Sunday Feb 01, 2015
Today in labor history, February 1, 1913 was the first day of the Paterson, New Jersey silk weavers strike. During the strike than 20,000 silk weavers walked off the job. They strike started at the Doherty Silk Mill.