Episodes
Friday Sep 20, 2019
September 20 - The Birth of a Working Class Voice
Friday Sep 20, 2019
Friday Sep 20, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1878. That was the day that socialist author Upton Sinclair was born in Baltimore, Maryland. A prolific writer, Sinclair wrote nearly 100 books and other publications. Upton Sinclair’s father and father’s relatives had been wealthy Southerners.
Thursday Sep 19, 2019
September 19 - The Solidarity March
Thursday Sep 19, 2019
Thursday Sep 19, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1981. More than 400,000 union members marched in labor’s first Solidarity Day demonstration in Washington, D.C. The demonstration was called by the AFL-CIO to protest the Reagan administration’s policies and the firing of striking air traffic controllers.
Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
September 18 - The Horse Race
Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1830. That was the day that “Tom Thumb,” the first locomotive built in the U.S. raced a horse on a nine-mile course in Maryland.
Tuesday Sep 17, 2019
September 17 - A Fair Day’s Pay for A Fair Day’s Work
Tuesday Sep 17, 2019
Tuesday Sep 17, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1868. That was the day that Susan B. Anthony, and a committee on female labor called for a vote for equal pay for equal work at the National Labor Congress. It was the second annual meeting of labor leaders from throughout the country. Anthony had begun publication of a newspaper, The Revolution.
Monday Sep 16, 2019
September 16 - The 1920 Bombing of Wall Street
Monday Sep 16, 2019
Monday Sep 16, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1920. At noon, a horse-drawn wagon containing 100 pounds of dynamite pulled up across the street of the J.P. Morgan Chase Company on Wall Street in New York City. 500 pounds of cast-iron slugs were packed in with the dynamite.
Sunday Sep 15, 2019
September 15 - Women and Children Fight for the 10-Hour Workday
Sunday Sep 15, 2019
Sunday Sep 15, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1845. 5,000 female workers at the Allegheny Cotton Mills went on strike for a ten-hour day. The fast streams around Pittsburgh and Allegheny city were ideal to power cotton mills. The mills were overheated and filled with dangerous dust.
Saturday Sep 14, 2019
September 14 - Congress Attacks, Handcuffs Workers
Saturday Sep 14, 2019
Saturday Sep 14, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1959. The United States Congress passed the Landrum-Griffin Act. President Eisenhower signed the new law, which was also called the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act. The new law had lasting consequences for the way unions operated.
Friday Sep 13, 2019
September 13 - Beating Teachers in the Street
Friday Sep 13, 2019
Friday Sep 13, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 2013. Riot police used tear gas and water cannons to clear out Zocalo Square in Mexico City. The square was occupied by protesting teachers. The teachers had been on strike for weeks. They wanted changes made to education reforms that had been passed by the Mexican government.
Thursday Sep 12, 2019
September 12 - Do Workers Gain from War?
Thursday Sep 12, 2019
Thursday Sep 12, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1918. Socialist and labor leader Eugene Debs was sentenced to ten years in prison for opposing the United States’ involvement in World War I. The Espionage and Sedition Act had been passed a year earlier.
Wednesday Sep 11, 2019
September 11
Wednesday Sep 11, 2019
Wednesday Sep 11, 2019
Today in Labor History, we pause to remember the events that took place on the morning of September 11. The year was 2001.
Terrorists hijacked planes and intentionally crashed them into Twin Towers in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the attacks.