Episodes
Saturday Mar 21, 2020
March 21 - The Beginning of the End of Apartheid
Saturday Mar 21, 2020
Saturday Mar 21, 2020
On this day in Labor History the year was 1960. That was the day of the Sharpeville, Massacre in South Africa. Black South Africans were required to carry identification documents. These passes limited who could live or work in designated “white” areas of the country.
Friday Mar 20, 2020
March 20 - The Birth of the Republican Party
Friday Mar 20, 2020
Friday Mar 20, 2020
On this day in Labor History the year was 1854. That was the day that the founders of what became the Republican Party met in Ripon, Wisconsin. The idea was to form a new party, opposed to the Southern labor system based on slavery. That July the Republicans held their first convention in Michigan.
Thursday Mar 19, 2020
March 19 - The Tree of Solidarity
Thursday Mar 19, 2020
Thursday Mar 19, 2020
On this day in Labor History the year was 1834. That was the day that six Englishmen, who would become known as the Tolpuddle Martyrs were sentenced to seven years “transportation” to the penal colony of Australia. Their crime? Forming a union.
Wednesday Mar 18, 2020
March 18 - Dancing in the Streets
Wednesday Mar 18, 2020
Wednesday Mar 18, 2020
On this day in Labor History the year was 1968. That was the day that the staff at radio station KMPX in San Francisco went on strike. The radio station had broken new ground with their “underground rock” format. In 1967, the station hired Tom “Big Daddy” Donahue as a DJ.
Tuesday Mar 17, 2020
March 17 - The Fight for the Eight Hour Day
Tuesday Mar 17, 2020
Tuesday Mar 17, 2020
On this day in Labor History the year was 1890. That was the day that the executive council of the American Federation of Labor decided that the Carpenters union should lead a national campaign for the eight-hour day. The cry “eight hours for work, eight hours for rest, eight hours for what we will!” had been on the lips of working people for more than twenty years.
Monday Mar 16, 2020
March 16 - The Voice of Freedom
Monday Mar 16, 2020
Monday Mar 16, 2020
“Too long have others spoken for us." Those were the words published On this day in Labor History the year was 1827. This was the message of the co-editors of the Freeman’s Journal, the first black newspaper in the United States. Slavery had been outlawed in New York that same year.
Sunday Mar 15, 2020
March 15 - Bruce!
Sunday Mar 15, 2020
Sunday Mar 15, 2020
On this day in Labor History the year was 1999. That was the day the Bruce Springsteen was inducted into the Rocking Roll Hall of Fame.
Two years later, an article in Rolling Stone magazine read, “For nearly four decades Bruce Springsteen has been a working-class hero: a plainspoken visionary and a sincere romantic whose insights into everyday lives — especially in America's small-town heartland — have earned comparisons to John Steinbeck and Woody Guthrie.”
Saturday Mar 14, 2020
March 14 - Bread Yes, But Roses Too
Saturday Mar 14, 2020
Saturday Mar 14, 2020
On this day in Labor History the year was 1912. That was the day that participants in the famed Bread and Roses strike, gathered in Lawrence, Massachusetts to celebrate their victory. The strike had begun in January and was a hard-fought battle.
Friday Mar 13, 2020
March 13 - Fighting Back Against Inequality
Friday Mar 13, 2020
Friday Mar 13, 2020
On this day in Labor History the year was 1946. That was the day that United Autoworkers members won an 18.5-cent hourly raise after a four-month strike against General Motors. After World War II workers grew increasingly frustrated.
Thursday Mar 12, 2020
March 12 - Gandhi’s Salt March
Thursday Mar 12, 2020
Thursday Mar 12, 2020
On this day in Labor History the year was 1930. That was the day that Mahatma Gandhi began his famous Salt March. The March was to protest British colonial rule of India and the repressive salt tax waged on the Indian people. Under British rule, Indian people were prohibited from producing salt.