On this day in labor history, the year was 1877.That was the day striking railroad workers in Chicago clashed with police in the Battle of the Halsted Street Viaduct. The Great Railroad Strike had reached the nations railroad hub, and began there th

On this day in labor history, the year was 1944. That was the day Local 212, UAW workers at Briggs returned to work.Briggs was directly involved in war production. 3000 workers, on two shifts, made ball turrets for heavy bombers.Workers on both shifts w

On this day in labor history, the year was 1877.That was the day Louisville sewer workers walked off the job.The Daily American reported that, hundreds of black sewer-men stopped work, and began marching through the streets, armed with picks and shovel

On this day in labor history, the year was 1933.That was the day President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act.The act created the TVA as a federal corporation and was taske

On this day in labor history, the year was 1980.That was the day 4000 strikers and their supporters gathered for the March for Dignity and Respect in Laurel, Mississippi.Over 200 mostly black women

On this day in labor history, the year was 1934.That was the day Minneapolis Teamsters walked off the job.It was an historic strike that coincided with the pivotal Toledo Auto-Lite and West Coast W

On this day in labor history, the year was 1919.That was the day the Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council called a general strike.It is considered one of the most important strikes in Canadian histor

On this day in labor history, the year was 1913.That was the day Philadelphia longshoremen walked off the job.Led by the Industrial Workers of the World, the strike was remarkable for its militancy,

On this day in labor history, the year was 1975.That was the day workers at Tolteca Foods in Richmond, California went on strike.Many were undocumented Mexican women who helped organize the plant in

On this day in labor history, the year was 2008.That was the day Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents besieged the Agriprocessors meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa.At the time, it was the l