Episodes
Monday Jun 10, 2019
June 10 - Equal Pay Act
Monday Jun 10, 2019
Monday Jun 10, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1963. That was the day President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act.
The goal of the act was to end wage discrimination against women.
Sunday Jun 09, 2019
June 9 - Birth of a Fighter for Children, Women and Workers
Sunday Jun 09, 2019
Sunday Jun 09, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1865. Labor leader Helen Marot was born to a wealthy Quaker family in Philadelphia.
Helen grew up around the written word, as her father was a book binder and seller.
Saturday Jun 08, 2019
June 8 - The Silent Skies
Saturday Jun 08, 2019
Saturday Jun 08, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1966. That was the day that the roaring of the jet age grew quiet across the United States.
35,000 members of the International Association of Mechanics went out on strike.
Friday Jun 07, 2019
June 7 - Workers Holiday in Lansing, MI
Friday Jun 07, 2019
Friday Jun 07, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1937. The leader of Lansing, Michigan’s United Auto Workers union, Lester Washburn, returned home, in the wee hours of the morning. He had been to Detroit for a meeting. At his home he found a disturbing scene.
Thursday Jun 06, 2019
June 6 - Fighting Apartheid
Thursday Jun 06, 2019
Thursday Jun 06, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1988. That was the day that between two and three million black workers went on strike in South Africa. The Congress of South African Trade Unions had called for three days of “national peaceful protest.”
Wednesday Jun 05, 2019
June 5 - Birth of the UFCW
Wednesday Jun 05, 2019
Wednesday Jun 05, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1979. That was the day that leaders from the Retail Clerks and the Amalgamated Meat Cutters unions began two-day special conventions to discuss merging their organizations. The result was the forming of the United Food and Commercial Workers.
Tuesday Jun 04, 2019
June 4 - Minimum Wage
Tuesday Jun 04, 2019
Tuesday Jun 04, 2019
Monday Jun 03, 2019
June 3 - Look for the ILGWU Label
Monday Jun 03, 2019
Monday Jun 03, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1900. That was the day that the International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union was formed. Eleven delegates attended the founding meeting. They represented the major garment making cities of the east coast.
Saturday Jun 01, 2019
June 2 - The Nation’s First Strike
Saturday Jun 01, 2019
Saturday Jun 01, 2019
On this day in Labor History, we are going all the way back to the year 1786. That was the day when what labor historians widely consider “America’s First Strike” occurred in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A group of the city’s journeymen printers gathered to discuss proposed decreases to their wages.
Saturday Jun 01, 2019
June 1 - Fighting for Equality
Saturday Jun 01, 2019
Saturday Jun 01, 2019
Would you be willing to risk your job to stand up for the rights that you believe in? For postal worker Henry Gerber, the answer to that question was a resounding yes. And so On this day in Labor History, the year was 2001.