Episodes
Tuesday Jan 21, 2020
January 21 - The Charleston Five
Tuesday Jan 21, 2020
Tuesday Jan 21, 2020
On this day in Labor History the year was 2000. Just after midnight six hundred police officers clashed with picketing longshoreman in Charleston, South Carolina. The port in Charleston ranked the fourth largest in the United States.
Monday Jan 20, 2020
January 20 - The First MLK Day
Monday Jan 20, 2020
Monday Jan 20, 2020
On this day in Labor History the year was 1986. That was the first time Dr. Martin Luther King Day was observed as a national holiday. A powerful voice for Civil Rights, Dr. King was assassinated in 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee while standing on the second floor of the Lorraine Motel.
Sunday Jan 19, 2020
January 19 - Gunned Down in Cold Blood
Sunday Jan 19, 2020
Sunday Jan 19, 2020
On this day in Labor History the year was 1915. That was the day that two striking workers were shot and killed by gunmen hired by a fertilizer plant in New Jersey. In addition to the 2 killed many more were injured by the hired guns.
Saturday Jan 18, 2020
January 18 - Showing the Pride
Saturday Jan 18, 2020
Saturday Jan 18, 2020
Have you ever worn a union button or t-shirt to work? On this day in Labor History the year was 1912.
Members of the Australian Tramways Association in Brisbane, Queensland decided to put on their union badges at work.
Friday Jan 17, 2020
January 17 - Give Us Our Daily Bread
Friday Jan 17, 2020
Friday Jan 17, 2020
On this day in Labor History the year was 1915. It was the day that the people in Chicago stood up to demand an end to hunger and unemployment. Their stand began at a meeting at Bowen Hall, part of the Hull House complex founded by Nobel Peace Prize winner Jane Addams.
Thursday Jan 16, 2020
January 16 - A Nation Demands a Raise
Thursday Jan 16, 2020
Thursday Jan 16, 2020
On this day in Labor History the year was 1946. That was the day the United Packinghouse Workers of America went on strike. Their initial demand was for a twenty-five cent an hour raise. They were also joined in the strike by the Amalgamated Meat Cutters union.
Wednesday Jan 15, 2020
January 15 - Fighting for Opportunity
Wednesday Jan 15, 2020
Wednesday Jan 15, 2020
On this day in Labor History the year was 1941. That was the day that black labor leader, A Philip Randolph, issued a call for a March on Washington. He proposed the march to bring attention to the employment discrimination faced by African American workers.
Tuesday Jan 14, 2020
January 14 - The Fight for the Eight Hour Day
Tuesday Jan 14, 2020
Tuesday Jan 14, 2020
On this day in Labor History the year was 1868. Representatives of more than forty locals of the International Union of Bricklayers of North America gathered in New York City. It was the third annual convention of the new union.
Monday Jan 13, 2020
January 13 - The Fight for a Voice
Monday Jan 13, 2020
Monday Jan 13, 2020
On this day in Labor History the year was 1893. That was the day that 120 delegates met in Bradford, England to form the Independent Labor Party. The goal of this political party was to get more candidates that represented the interests of working people elected to the British Parliament.
Sunday Jan 12, 2020
January 12 - The Push Toward Industrial Peace
Sunday Jan 12, 2020
Sunday Jan 12, 2020
On this day in Labor History the year was 1942. That was the day the President Franklin Delano Roosevelt reestablished the National War Labor Board. Just a little over a month before the United States had entered World War II.