Episodes

Monday Sep 30, 2019
September 30 - Workers Tried for Treason Fighting for a Better Life
Monday Sep 30, 2019
Monday Sep 30, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1892. That was the day that 29 leaders of the Homestead Steel Strike in Pennsylvania were charged with treason against the state. If you are a regular listener to this broadcast, you have heard about this strike before.

Monday Sep 30, 2019
September 29 - The Fight for a Better Tomorrow in the Great White North
Monday Sep 30, 2019
Monday Sep 30, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1931. Canadian Coal miners, their wives, and children marched through the streets of Estevan, Saskatchewan. The miners were on strike for union recognition, and better pay and working conditions. Safety was a major concern for the 600 men and boys who worked in the mines.

Saturday Sep 28, 2019
September 28 - The Journey Toward Equal Treatment
Saturday Sep 28, 2019
Saturday Sep 28, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1904. A woman was arrested for smoking a cigarette in a car on Fifth Avenue in New York City. Women in the United States are no longer likely to be arrested for smoking cigarettes in public. They continue to face unequal treatment in the labor force.

Friday Sep 27, 2019
September 27 - The Uprising of 20,000 Women and Girls
Friday Sep 27, 2019
Friday Sep 27, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1909. That was the day the International Ladies Garment Workers Union began a strike against the Triangle Shirtwaist Company. Eventually, female workers struck at 339 of the 352 shirtwaist manufacturing firms in New York City. The strike was referred to as the “Uprising of the 20,000.”

Thursday Sep 26, 2019
September 26 - Shays’ Rebellion
Thursday Sep 26, 2019
Thursday Sep 26, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1786. Daniel Shays led a group of farmers in an armed uprising. They were angry about taxes levied by the State of Massachusetts. Shays had been a captain in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.

Wednesday Sep 25, 2019
September 25 - The Birth of Lewis Hine
Wednesday Sep 25, 2019
Wednesday Sep 25, 2019
Can a photograph bring about social reform? Lewis Hine believed it could. On this day in Labor History the year was 1874, renowned photographer, Lewis Hine, was born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Hine studied sociology at the University of Chicago, Columbia University and New York University.

Tuesday Sep 24, 2019
September 24 - The Build of the Supreme Court
Tuesday Sep 24, 2019
Tuesday Sep 24, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1789. Congress passed the Judiciary Act of 1789. This act established the plan for U.S. Supreme Court. At first the Court was comprised of just six justices appointed by the President with Senate confirmation.

Monday Sep 23, 2019
September 23 - The Nixon Plan in Philadelphia
Monday Sep 23, 2019
Monday Sep 23, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1969. President Richard Milhous Nixon issued the Philadelphia Plan. The goal of the plan was to require building trades unions to admit black members into their ranks. Nixon believed this would show him as a civil rights supporter without having to give in to the more radical demands of the civil rights movement.

Sunday Sep 22, 2019
September 22 - A Large Pizza with Pepperoni and a Union
Sunday Sep 22, 2019
Sunday Sep 22, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 2006. Eleven Domino’s pizza delivery drivers in Pensacola, Florida formed what is thought to be the first ever union of pizza delivery drivers. The American Union of Pizza Delivery Drivers won recognition from the National Labor Relations Board as the bargaining agent for drivers at the Pensacola franchise.

Saturday Sep 21, 2019
September 21 -The March of Mother Jones
Saturday Sep 21, 2019
Saturday Sep 21, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1912. That was the day that labor activist, Mother Jones, led a march of miners’ children through the streets of Charleston, West Virginia. Her aim was to illustrate the effects of poverty.