Episodes
Tuesday Feb 09, 2016
February 9, 2016 The Passing of George Lippard
Tuesday Feb 09, 2016
Tuesday Feb 09, 2016
On this day in Labor History the year was 1854. That was the day that novelist George Lippard died in Philadelphia. Lippard was friends with Edgar Allen Poe. He is most well-known for his novel about Philadelphia titled Quaker City. The book is considered to be one of the first American muckraking novels.
Monday Feb 08, 2016
February 8, 2016 The Spacemen Strike Back
Monday Feb 08, 2016
Monday Feb 08, 2016
Sunday Feb 07, 2016
February 7, 2016 The Sugar That's Not So Sweet
Sunday Feb 07, 2016
Sunday Feb 07, 2016
On this day in Labor History the year was 2008. That evening at 7:15 p.m., an explosion rocked the city of Wentworth, just outside of Savannah, Georgia. An explosion had gone off at Imperial Sugar. Highly combustible sugar dust had ignited.
Saturday Feb 06, 2016
February 6, 2016 General Strike
Saturday Feb 06, 2016
Saturday Feb 06, 2016
On this day in Labor History the year was 1919. That day began 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. 35,000 workers in the shipyards walked off of the job.
Friday Feb 05, 2016
February 5, 2016 Shot Down for Standing Up
Friday Feb 05, 2016
Friday Feb 05, 2016
On this day in Labor History the year was 1913. That was the day that Ida Breiman was killed while she stood up for the rights of working people in Rochester, New York. Ida was born in Russia to a Jewish family.
Thursday Feb 04, 2016
February 4, 2016 The Men Who Built America
Thursday Feb 04, 2016
Thursday Feb 04, 2016
On this day in Labor History the year was 1825. That was the day the Ohio legislature authorized the Canal Act. The act called for the construction of two canals.
Wednesday Feb 03, 2016
February 3, 2016 Another Senseless Tragedy
Wednesday Feb 03, 2016
Wednesday Feb 03, 2016
On this day in Labor History the year was 1971. That was a day of tragedy for the workers at the Thiokol Chemical Corporation plant in southeastern Georgia. An explosion killed twenty-seven workers, and injured dozens more.
Tuesday Feb 02, 2016
February 2, 2016 Calling Doctor Blackwell
Tuesday Feb 02, 2016
Tuesday Feb 02, 2016
On this day in Labor History the year was 1821. That was the birthday of the first woman to earn her medical degree in the United States. Her name was Elizabeth Blackwell.
Monday Feb 01, 2016
February 1, 2016 Sitting for Change
Monday Feb 01, 2016
Monday Feb 01, 2016