Labor History in 2:00

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. 

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. 

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. 

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.  

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.  

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.  

On this day in Labor History the year was 1912. That was the day a strike launched one of the most iconic rallying cries of the U.S. Labor Movement. Twenty thousand, mostly women workers, in the Lawrence, Massachusetts textile mills began what came to be known as the “Bread and Roses” strike.   

On this day in Labor history the year was 1860. It was a day of tragedy as The Pemberton Mill collapsed in Lawrence, Massachusetts.  The collapse of the five-story textile mill was one of the worst workplace disasters in U.S. history.  

Do national security concerns outweigh the right of workers to form a union?  That question was being debated.

On this day in Labor History, the year was 2003. The head of the Transportation Security Administration, James Loy, made the case that collective bargaining would be an impediment to the war on terrorism.  

On this day in Labor History the year was 1939. That was the day a new radio show began on CBS radio.  

The show featured some of the biggest names in Hollywood.