Episodes
Saturday May 11, 2019
May 11 - In the Streets of Pullman
Saturday May 11, 2019
Saturday May 11, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1894. It was the first day of the Pullman Strike.
Friday May 10, 2019
May 10 - Done!!!
Friday May 10, 2019
Friday May 10, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1869. At 2:47 pm a one-word telegram was sent from Promontory Summit, Utah. The message read simply, “done.”
Thursday May 09, 2019
May 9 - The Tragic Death of a Visionary Leader
Thursday May 09, 2019
Thursday May 09, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1970. On that day workers and the US labor movement lost a leading voice in a tragic plane crash.
Wednesday May 08, 2019
May 8 - Getting the Rails in Line
Wednesday May 08, 2019
Wednesday May 08, 2019
If you are a member of a union, how well do you know your union’s history? You might be surprised to find out how far back that history goes. Such is the case with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen.
Tuesday May 07, 2019
May 7 - The Order of the Knights of St. Crispin
Tuesday May 07, 2019
Tuesday May 07, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1867. That was the day that shoemakers founded the labor union the Knights of St. Crispin, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. St. Crispin is the patron saint of cobblers.
Sunday May 05, 2019
May 6 - Fighting for Justice on Tobacco Road
Sunday May 05, 2019
Sunday May 05, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1937. That was the year that 400 black women who worked as tobacco stemmers walked off the job at I.N. Vaughn and Company in Richmond, VA.
Saturday May 04, 2019
May 5 - The Founding of the Printers Voice
Saturday May 04, 2019
Saturday May 04, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1852. It was the last day of a three-day convention held in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Printers who worked for newspapers and other publications from fourteen cities had converged to decide if they wanted to form a union.
Saturday May 04, 2019
May 4 - The Call for an Eight Hour Day Met with Gunfire
Saturday May 04, 2019
Saturday May 04, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1886. This was one of the most significant days in US labor history.
A mass meeting of workers was called for that night in Chicago’s Haymarket Square.
Friday May 03, 2019
May 3 - Blood in the Streets for an Eight Hour Day
Friday May 03, 2019
Friday May 03, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1886. A little after three o’clock on that Monday, in Chicago, radical labor activist and newspaper man August Spies climbed onto a box car to give a speech about the fight for the eight hour day.
Thursday May 02, 2019
May 2 - Student Protests Erupt in France
Thursday May 02, 2019
Thursday May 02, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1968. That was the day the administration shut down the Paris University at Naterre. Student protests at the school had begun weeks before around the ideas of a sexual revolution, or the right of young people to sleep together if they chose to without adult interference or moralizing.