Episodes
Sunday Sep 20, 2015
September 20 The Birth of a Working Class Voice
Sunday Sep 20, 2015
Sunday Sep 20, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1878. That was the day that socialist author Upton Sinclair was born in Baltimore, Maryland. A prolific writer, Sinclair wrote nearly 100 books and other publications. Upton Sinclair’s father and father’s relatives had been wealthy Southerners.
Saturday Sep 19, 2015
September 19 The Solidarity March
Saturday Sep 19, 2015
Saturday Sep 19, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1981. More than 400,000 union members marched in labor’s first Solidarity Day demonstration in Washington, D.C. The demonstration was called by the AFL-CIO to protest the Reagan administration’s policies and the firing of striking air traffic controllers.
Friday Sep 18, 2015
September 18 The Horse Race
Friday Sep 18, 2015
Friday Sep 18, 2015
Thursday Sep 17, 2015
September 17 A Fair Days Pay for a Fair Days Work
Thursday Sep 17, 2015
Thursday Sep 17, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1868. That was the day that Susan B. Anthony, and a committee on female labor called for a vote for equal pay for equal work at the National Labor Congress. It was the second annual meeting of labor leaders from throughout the country. Anthony had begun publication of a newspaper, The Revolution.
Wednesday Sep 16, 2015
September 16 The 1920 Bombing on Wall Street
Wednesday Sep 16, 2015
Wednesday Sep 16, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1920. At noon, a horse-drawn wagon containing 100 pounds of dynamite pulled up across the street of the J.P. Morgan Chase Company on Wall Street in New York City. 500 pounds of cast-iron slugs were packed in with the dynamite.
Tuesday Sep 15, 2015
September 15 Women and Children fight for a 10-hour Workday
Tuesday Sep 15, 2015
Tuesday Sep 15, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1845. 5,000 female workers at the Allegheny Cotton Mills went on strike for a ten-hour day. The fast streams around Pittsburgh and Allegheny city were ideal to power cotton mills. The mills were overheated and filled with dangerous dust.
Monday Sep 14, 2015
September 14 Congress Attacks Handcuffs Workers
Monday Sep 14, 2015
Monday Sep 14, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1959. The United States Congress passed the Landrum-Griffin Act. President Eisenhower signed the new law, which was also called the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act. The new law had lasting consequences for the way unions operated.
Sunday Sep 13, 2015
September 13 Beating Teachers in the Street
Sunday Sep 13, 2015
Sunday Sep 13, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 2013. Riot police used tear gas and water cannons to clear out Zocalo Square in Mexico City. The square was occupied by protesting teachers. The teachers had been on strike for weeks. They wanted changes made to education reforms that had been passed by the Mexican government.
Saturday Sep 12, 2015
September 12 Do Workers Gain from War?
Saturday Sep 12, 2015
Saturday Sep 12, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1918. Socialist and labor leader Eugene Debs was sentenced to ten years in prison for opposing the United States’ involvement in World War I. The Espionage and Sedition Act had been passed a year earlier.
Friday Sep 11, 2015
September 11
Friday Sep 11, 2015
Friday Sep 11, 2015
Today in Labor History, we pause to remember the events that took place on the morning of September 11. The year was 2001.
Terrorists hijacked planes and intentionally crashed them into Twin Towers in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the attacks.