Episodes
Saturday Apr 20, 2019
April 20 - The Ludlow Massacre
Saturday Apr 20, 2019
Saturday Apr 20, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1914 the bloody anniversary of the Ludlow Massacre.
11,000 miners had gone on strike against the Colorado Fuel and Iron Corporation, owned by one of the wealthiest men in the world, John D. Rockefeller.
Friday Apr 19, 2019
April 19 - Terrorists Bomb Oklahoma City
Friday Apr 19, 2019
Friday Apr 19, 2019
This marks the day one of the most horrendous acts of domestic terrorism in U.S. History occurred in Oklahoma City.
A truck bomb exploded at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building killing 168 people.
Thursday Apr 18, 2019
April 18 - Employment Discrimination Ends at NYC Bus Companies
Thursday Apr 18, 2019
Thursday Apr 18, 2019
You have more than likely heard of Rosa Parks, and how she heroically sat down on a bus to help end segregation in Montgomery, Alabama. But did you know discrimination often barred black bus drivers, even in northern cities?
Wednesday Apr 17, 2019
April 17 - The Spirit of Solidarity
Wednesday Apr 17, 2019
Wednesday Apr 17, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1911. This marks the day that more than 4,000 furniture makers walked off the job in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Tuesday Apr 16, 2019
April 16 - 581 Killed in Texas City Disaster
Tuesday Apr 16, 2019
Tuesday Apr 16, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1947.
The day dawned unseasonably cool in Texas City, TX, a port city forty miles south of Houston on the Gulf of Mexico.
Monday Apr 15, 2019
April 15 - Jackie Robinson Breaks Major Leagues Color Barrier
Monday Apr 15, 2019
Monday Apr 15, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1947.
It was opening day of a truly new baseball season.
Sunday Apr 14, 2019
April 14 - The Grapes of Wrath
Sunday Apr 14, 2019
Sunday Apr 14, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1939. This was the day readers were first introduced to John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath.
Saturday Apr 13, 2019
April 13 - Debs Goes to Prison
Saturday Apr 13, 2019
Saturday Apr 13, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1919. Labor leader and socialist Eugene V. Debs was sent to prison for speaking out against World War I.
Friday Apr 12, 2019
April 12 - Florence Reece is Born
Friday Apr 12, 2019
Friday Apr 12, 2019
There are some songs that stand at the core of the labor movement. Year after year these songs ring out on picket lines, at labor rallies, and in union halls around the world. These Songs inspire and build solidarity between workers.
Thursday Apr 11, 2019
April 11 - Ford Finally Comes to the Negotiating Table
Thursday Apr 11, 2019
Thursday Apr 11, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1941.
For years auto workers had participated in a series of sit down strikes and walk outs. They had won union recognition from almost every major auto maker.