Episodes
Sunday Aug 11, 2019
August 11 - Fighting for a Say
Sunday Aug 11, 2019
Sunday Aug 11, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 2013. That was the day a somewhat unexpected new union formed in Bangor, Maine. Local 207 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace workers represents lobster fisherman. Lobster fisherman are known for being fiercely independent.
Saturday Aug 10, 2019
August 10 - The Greatest Construction Show on Earth
Saturday Aug 10, 2019
Saturday Aug 10, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1954. That was the day of the groundbreaking ceremony of what would come to be known as “the greatest construction show on earth.” The show was the development of the Saint Lawrence Seaway.
Friday Aug 09, 2019
August 9 - The Start of a Wave
Friday Aug 09, 2019
Friday Aug 09, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1927. That was the day that the California School Employees Association was founded.
Today the union includes more than 215,000 members. But it all started with just nine men and one woman.
Thursday Aug 08, 2019
August 8 - An Inspiration for the Nation
Thursday Aug 08, 2019
Thursday Aug 08, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1994. President Bill Clinton posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Latino farm worker organizer Cesar Chavez. It is the highest honor granted to civilians.
Wednesday Aug 07, 2019
August 7 - Fighting to Be Heard
Wednesday Aug 07, 2019
Wednesday Aug 07, 2019
In the early 1980s telephone service in the United States went through a major shake-up. Up until that time AT&T through their Bell Operating Companies monopolized almost all of the telephone service in the nation. One-hundred-fifty million phones were part of the Bell network.
Tuesday Aug 06, 2019
August 6 - Lightnin’ Struck
Tuesday Aug 06, 2019
Tuesday Aug 06, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1919. That was the day that stages across New York City went dark. Actors Equity was on strike against the Producing Managers Association. Up until that time stage actors often faced poor work conditions.
Monday Aug 05, 2019
August 5 - The Shot Heard ‘Round the Boardroom
Monday Aug 05, 2019
Monday Aug 05, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1981. It was a dark day in U.S. labor history.
Nearly 13,000 members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization had been out on strike for two days.
Sunday Aug 04, 2019
August 4 - Teamsters Strike Big Brown
Sunday Aug 04, 2019
Sunday Aug 04, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1997. That was the day that 185,000 UPS workers and members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters went out on strike. It was the biggest strike in the United States in more than a decade.
Saturday Aug 03, 2019
August 3 - The Knights of Labor
Saturday Aug 03, 2019
Saturday Aug 03, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1821. That was the day Uriah Smith Stephens was born near Cape May, New Jersey.
Although he longed to be a Baptist minister, he worked as a tailors apprentice and taught school.
Friday Aug 02, 2019
August 2 - The Day of Ginger
Friday Aug 02, 2019
Friday Aug 02, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1918. That was the day of the first general strike in Canadian history.
The strike took place in Vancouver. It was held to protest the police killing of labor leader Albert “Ginger” Goodwin.