On this day in labor history, the year was 1936.That was the day more rubber workers sat down in Akron, Ohio.Tire builders in Goodyears Plant 2, Department 251-A sat down when 700 coworkers were la

On this day in labor history, the year was 2011.That was the day Madison Public School teachers held a sickout, in opposition to Governor Scott Walkers anti-labor assaults.Walker had introduced Ass

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On this day in labor history, the year was 1937.That was the day Indiana Governor, M. Clifford Townsend, dispatched State National Guard troops to Anderson, Indiana.The national strike against GM ha

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On this day in labor history, the year was 1981.That was the day at least eight workers at Sequoyah I nuclear reactor in Tennessee were exposed to radioactive coolant.The reactor was part of the vas

On this day in labor history, the year was 1973.That was the day the worst industrial disaster in Staten Island took place.Staten Island housed the worlds largest Liquefied Natural Gas storage tank

On this day in labor history, the year was 1937.That was the day Sheriff Theodore Middleton and his deputies in Harlan County shot into the house of UMWA organizer Marshall Musick, killing his 15 yea

On this day in labor history, the year was 1919.That was the day copper miners in Butte, Montana went on strike.Mine owners announced a $1 a day wage cut when copper prices slumped in financial mark