A daily, pocket-sized history of America's working people, brought to you by The Rick Smith Show team.
Episodes
Tuesday May 12, 2015
Tuesday May 12, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1968. It was mother’s day. Coretta Scott King, the widow of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a group of thousands of women in a demonstration in Washington D.C.
Monday May 11, 2015
Monday May 11, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1894. It was the first day of the Pullman Strike.
Sunday May 10, 2015
Sunday May 10, 2015
Sunday May 10, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1869. At 2:47 pm a one-word telegram was sent from Promontory Summit, Utah. The message read simply, “done.”
Friday May 08, 2015
Friday May 08, 2015
Friday May 08, 2015
Friday May 08, 2015
If you are a member of a union, how well do you know your union’s history? You might be surprised to find out how far back that history goes. Such is the case with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen.
Thursday May 07, 2015
Thursday May 07, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1937. That was the year that 400 black women who worked as tobacco stemmers walked off the job at I.N. Vaughn and Company in Richmond, VA.
Thursday May 07, 2015
Thursday May 07, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1867. That was the day that shoemakers founded the labor union the Knights of St. Crispin, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. St. Crispin is the patron saint of cobblers.
Tuesday May 05, 2015
Tuesday May 05, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1852. It was the last day of a three-day convention held in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Printers who worked for newspapers and other publications from fourteen cities had converged to decide if they wanted to form a union.
Monday May 04, 2015
Monday May 04, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1886. This was one of the most significant days in US labor history.
A mass meeting of workers was called for that night in Chicago’s Haymarket Square.