On this day in Labor History the year was 1971.That Sunday, President Richard Nixon addressed the nation in a speech that preempted the popular television show, Bonanza. His subject? The state of the economy.The speech was timed before the stock market

On this day in Labor History the year was 1936.That was the day that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law.The act was a key piece of the Presidents New Deal a series of federal programs responding to the ravage

On this day in labor history, the year was 1892.That was the day miners in Tracy City, Tennessee rebelled against the states convict lease system.Miners had been forced to work side by side with convict labor.The convicts, overwhelmingly African-Ameri

On this day in labor history, the year was 1955.That was the day Teamsters organizer, 28-year old William Grami was kidnapped and beaten.Grami had arrived in Sebastopol, California to help organize about 350 workers in local canneries, drying plants a

On this day in labor history, the year was 1937.That was the day the International Longshoremens and Warehousemens Union was founded.After the victorious strike of 1934 that established the union hiring hall,West Coast union leaders embarked on an

On this day in labor history, the year was 1922.That was the day 1300 workers from the four railroad brotherhoods walked off the job in Joliet, near Chicago.The walkout threatened to paralyze freight service for steel mills in nearby Gary and other re

On this day in labor history, the year was 1965.That was the day fifty-three construction tradesmen were killed in a fire at the Titan II ICBM launch complex near Searcy, Arkansas.It is considered one of the worst industrial accidents at a U.S. nuclea

On this day in labor history, the year was 1902.That was the day more than 100 trade union delegates representing thousands of working people in St. Paul, Minnesota elected Charles James to be the president of the citys Trades and Labor Assembly.Virt

On this day in labor history, the year was 1978.That was the day President Jimmy Carter declared a federal health emergency at Love Canal, in the city of Niagara Falls, New York.Premier spokeswoman, housewife Lois Gibbs became the poster c

On this day in labor history, the year was 2012.That was the day release of flammable vapor led to a fire at the Chevron refinery in Richmond, California.A Level 3 Community Warning System Alert was issued for the cities of Richmond, San Pablo and North