On this day in labor history, the year was 1948.That was the day United Electrical workers voted to strike at Univis Lens Company in Dayton, Ohio.Univis made safety lenses and instrumental optics.T

On this day in labor history, the year was 1911.That was the day the State of Wisconsin passed the Wisconsin Workmens Compensation Act.The state became the first to have a constitutional system fo

On this day in labor history, the year was 1968.That was the day 4000 autoworkers at Chryslers Dodge Main plant in Hamtramck, Michigan walked out in a wildcat strike.They protested assembly line sp

On this day in labor history, the year was 1919.That was the day May Day celebrators in Cleveland, Ohio were attacked as they marched to protest the imprisonment of Socialist, Eugene V. Debs.1919 wa

On this day in labor history, the year was 1952.That was the day 100,000 oil refinery workers went on strike.The work stoppage was called by a coalition of 22 unions, including AFL and CIO affiliate

On this day in labor history, the year was 1946.That was the day 8,000 UAW workers at the Allis-Chalmers plant in Milwaukee voted overwhelmingly to walk off the job.Close to 12,000 production and ma

On this day in labor history the year was 1971. That was the day the Occupational Safety and Health Actwent into effect.At the time, it was estimated that 14,000 workers died annually on the job, 2.

On this day in labor history, the year was 1978.That was the day a West Virginia cooling tower under construction collapsed, plunging 51 workers to their deaths.It was considered the worst non-minin

On this day in labor history, the year was 1944.That was the day the Army National Guard seized the Chicago property of Montgomery Ward and removed its chairman, Sewell Avery.The Chicago-based compa

On this day in labor history, the year was 1947.That was the day hundreds of thousands of Detroit area autoworkers returned to their jobs after bringing car production to a complete standstill.They