On this day in labor history, the year was 1937.That was the day whistles blowing and the call to strike could be heard through the aisles of Woolworth in downtown Detroit.108 saleswomen walked away

On this day in labor history, the year was 1941.That was the day The Battle at Bethlehem began. 14,000 workers at Bethlehem Steels Lackawanna Mill in Buffalo, N.Y., walked out on strike.The Steel

On this day in labor history, the year was 1913.That was the day some 24,000 workers in Paterson, New Jersey walked out of 300 silk mills and dye houses to demand the eight hour day, better working c

On this day in labor history, the year was 1908.That was the day the United States Supreme Court decided the case, Muller v. Oregon.It was a landmark decision in the realm of protective labor legisl

On this day in labor history, the year was 1969.That was the day black food workers went on strike at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.Their strike intersected many points central to the soc

On this day in labor history, the year was 2004.That was the day Secretary of Education, Rod Paige stated he considered the National Education Association to be a terrorist organization.He made the

On this day in labor history, the year was 1846.That was the day Sarah Bagley became the first female telegraph operator.She was hired at the office in Lowell, Massachusetts.Sarah spent weeks study

On this day in labor history, the year was 1805.That was the day abolitionist and womens rights advocate Angelina Grimke was born.Her parents were slaveholders and among the wealthiest in Charlesto

On this day in labor history, the year was 1910.That was the day streetcar workers in Philadelphia walked off the job just as garment workers were ending their victorious strike.The walkout soon tur

On this day in labor history, the year was 1688.That was the day Germantown Quakers gathered to petition against slavery, in the first documented anti-slavery protest in America.Quaker colonists in