Episodes
Wednesday Jun 10, 2015
June 10 Equal Pay Act
Wednesday Jun 10, 2015
Wednesday Jun 10, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1963. That was the day President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act.
The goal of the act was to end wage discrimination against women.
Tuesday Jun 09, 2015
June 9 Birth of a Fighter for Children, Women, and Workers
Tuesday Jun 09, 2015
Tuesday Jun 09, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1865. Labor leader Helen Marot was born to a wealthy Quaker family in Philadelphia.
Helen grew up around the written word, as her father was a book binder and seller.
Monday Jun 08, 2015
June 8 The Silent Skies
Monday Jun 08, 2015
Monday Jun 08, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1966. That was the day that the roaring of the jet age grew quiet across the United States.
35,000 members of the International Association of Mechanics went out on strike.
Sunday Jun 07, 2015
June 7 Lansing MI "Worker's Holiday"
Sunday Jun 07, 2015
Sunday Jun 07, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1937. The leader of Lansing, Michigan’s United Auto Workers union, Lester Washburn, returned home, in the wee hours of the morning. He had been to Detroit for a meeting. At his home he found a disturbing scene.
Saturday Jun 06, 2015
June 6 Fighting Aparthied
Saturday Jun 06, 2015
Saturday Jun 06, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1988. That was the day that between two and three million black workers went on strike in South Africa. The Congress of South African Trade Unions had called for three days of “national peaceful protest.”
Friday Jun 05, 2015
June 5 Birth of the UFCW
Friday Jun 05, 2015
Friday Jun 05, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1979. That was the day that leaders from the Retail Clerks and the Amalgamated Meat Cutters unions began two-day special conventions to discuss merging their organizations. The result was the forming of the United Food and Commercial Workers.
Thursday Jun 04, 2015
June 4 Minimum Wage
Thursday Jun 04, 2015
Thursday Jun 04, 2015
Tuesday Jun 02, 2015
June 3 Look for the ILGWU Label
Tuesday Jun 02, 2015
Tuesday Jun 02, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1900. That was the day that the International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union was formed. Eleven delegates attended the founding meeting. They represented the major garment making cities of the east coast.
Tuesday Jun 02, 2015
June 2 The Nation's First Strike
Tuesday Jun 02, 2015
Tuesday Jun 02, 2015
On this day in Labor History, we are going all the way back to the year 1786. That was the day when what labor historians widely consider “America’s First Strike” occurred in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A group of the city’s journeymen printers gathered to discuss proposed decreases to their wages.
Monday Jun 01, 2015
June 1 Fighting for Equality
Monday Jun 01, 2015
Monday Jun 01, 2015
Would you be willing to risk your job to stand up for the rights that you believe in? For postal worker Henry Gerber, the answer to that question was a resounding yes. And so On this day in Labor History, the year was 2001.