Episodes
Thursday Apr 27, 2023
April 27 - The Fight for A Life
Thursday Apr 27, 2023
Thursday Apr 27, 2023
On this day in Labor History the year was 1825. That was the day that saw what is widely considered the first strike for the ten-hour work day. It happened in Boston. Journeymen carpenters had grown tired of being required to work from sun up to sun down. They decided it was time to make a stand.
Thursday Apr 27, 2023
April 26 - In the Streets for Jobs
Thursday Apr 27, 2023
Thursday Apr 27, 2023
On this day in Labor History the year was 1975. That was the day the AFL-CIO held a “Jobs Now” rally in Washington, D.C. A painful recession had pushed unemployment in United States to nine percent. Many workers across the nation thought that the Ford administration was not doing enough to address the problems facing working families.
Thursday Apr 27, 2023
April 25 - The Fight for Equality
Thursday Apr 27, 2023
Thursday Apr 27, 2023
On this day in Labor History the year was 1978. That was the day of an important victory for any woman in the United States with a pension. The Supreme Court handed down its decision in a case known as Los Angeles Water Department versus Manhart. Manhart and a group of current and past female employees at the department had sued.
Monday Apr 24, 2023
April 24 - Standing Together, Demanding Justice
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Monday Apr 24, 2023
On this day in Labor History the year was 1999. A headline from the Los Angeles Times declared, “Dock Crews to Halt Work in Support of Death Row Inmate.” Up and down the west coast the ports stood silent. The International Longshoreman and Warehouseman’s Union had called their members off the job for a one-day strike.
Sunday Apr 23, 2023
April 23 - The Canadian Labour Congress is Founded
Sunday Apr 23, 2023
Sunday Apr 23, 2023
On this day in Labor History the year was 1956. That was the day of the founding of the Canadian Labour Congress. Today the Canadian Labour Congress is the largest labor organization in Canada representing some 3.3 million workers. During the early 1950s, labor leaders in Canada were becoming increasingly uneasy about the rising influence of big business in the country.
Saturday Apr 22, 2023
April 22 - It’s Earth Day!
Saturday Apr 22, 2023
Saturday Apr 22, 2023
On this day in Labor History the year was 1970. That was the first observation of Earth Day. Across the United States, millions took to the streets and parks to demonstrate for clean air, water, a reduction in pollution and care for nature and the environment.
Friday Apr 21, 2023
April 21 - The Anaconda Road Massacre
Friday Apr 21, 2023
Friday Apr 21, 2023
On this day in Labor History the year was 1920. That was the day remembered in Butte, Montana as “Bloody Wednesday” or the “Anaconda Road Massacre.” Butte was in the heart of copper mining country.
Thursday Apr 20, 2023
April 20 - The Bravest of Conductors
Thursday Apr 20, 2023
Thursday Apr 20, 2023
On this day in Labor History the year was 1853. That was the day that Harriet Tubman led her first trip on the underground railroad, the clandestine network that helped enslaved people escape slavery and move north to freedom. One of the most remembered ‘conductors’ on the railroad, Tubman had herself escaped slavery in eastern Maryland.
Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
April 19 - Terrorists Bomb Oklahoma City
Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
This marks the day one of the most horrendous acts of domestic terrorism in U.S. History occurred in Oklahoma City.
A truck bomb exploded at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building killing 168 people.
Tuesday Apr 18, 2023
April 18 - Labor’s First Lawyer
Tuesday Apr 18, 2023
Tuesday Apr 18, 2023
On this day in Labor History the year was 1857. That was the day that Clarence Darrow was born in Kinsman, Ohio. Darrow was perhaps the original U.S. labor lawyer. Known to be a friend to underdogs, Darrow once supposedly said, “Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.”