Episodes
Tuesday Aug 11, 2015
August 11 Fighting for a Say
Tuesday Aug 11, 2015
Tuesday Aug 11, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 2013. That was the day a somewhat unexpected new union formed in Bangor, Maine. Local 207 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace workers represents lobster fisherman. Lobster fisherman are known for being fiercely independent.
Monday Aug 10, 2015
August 10 “The Greatest Construction Show on Earth.”
Monday Aug 10, 2015
Monday Aug 10, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1954. That was the day of the groundbreaking ceremony of what would come to be known as “the greatest construction show on earth.” The show was the development of the Saint Lawrence Seaway.
Sunday Aug 09, 2015
August 9 The Start of a Wave
Sunday Aug 09, 2015
Sunday Aug 09, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1927. That was the day that the California School Employees Association was founded.
Today the union includes more than 215,000 members. But it all started with just nine men and one woman.
Saturday Aug 08, 2015
August 8 An Inspiration for the Nation
Saturday Aug 08, 2015
Saturday Aug 08, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1994. President Bill Clinton posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Latino farm worker organizer Cesar Chavez. It is the highest honor granted to civilians.
Friday Aug 07, 2015
August 7 Fighting to be Heard
Friday Aug 07, 2015
Friday Aug 07, 2015
In the early 1980s telephone service in the United States went through a major shake-up. Up until that time AT&T through their Bell Operating Companies monopolized almost all of the telephone service in the nation. One-hundred-fifty million phones were part of the Bell network.
Thursday Aug 06, 2015
August 6 Lightnin' Struck
Thursday Aug 06, 2015
Thursday Aug 06, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1919. That was the day that stages across New York City went dark. Actors Equity was on strike against the Producing Managers Association. Up until that time stage actors often faced poor work conditions.
Wednesday Aug 05, 2015
August 5 The Shot Heard 'Round the Boardroom
Wednesday Aug 05, 2015
Wednesday Aug 05, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1981. It was a dark day in U.S. labor history.
Nearly 13,000 members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization had been out on strike for two days.
Tuesday Aug 04, 2015
August 4 IBT Strike at Big Brown
Tuesday Aug 04, 2015
Tuesday Aug 04, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1997. That was the day that 185,000 UPS workers and members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters went out on strike. It was the biggest strike in the United States in more than a decade.
Monday Aug 03, 2015
August 3 The Knights of Labor
Monday Aug 03, 2015
Monday Aug 03, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1821. That was the day Uriah Smith Stephens was born near Cape May, New Jersey.
Although he longed to be a Baptist minister, he worked as a tailors apprentice and taught school.
Sunday Aug 02, 2015
August 2 The Day of Ginger
Sunday Aug 02, 2015
Sunday Aug 02, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1918. That was the day of the first general strike in Canadian history.
The strike took place in Vancouver. It was held to protest the police killing of labor leader Albert “Ginger” Goodwin.