On this day in labor history, the year was 1909.That was the day Lewis Hine photographed child workers standing on spinning frames to mend threads and replace empty bobbins at the Bibb Mill No.1 in M

On this day in labor history the year was 1909.That was the day the United States Supreme Court decided the case of Moyers v. Peabody.The case grew out of the Colorado Labor Wars, a series of back-t

On this day in labor history, the year was 1898.That was the day workers in the textile mills of New Bedford, MA walked out on strike.They were organized along craft lines into five different unions

On this day in labor history, the year was 1946.That was the day the United Electrical Workers joined the national post-war strike wave.200,000 UE members walked off the job at General Electric, We

On this day in labor history, the year was 1888That was the day novelist, Edward Bellamy published his futuristic, utopian novel, Looking Backward, 2000-1887.The protagonist, Julian West, wakes up

On this day in labor history, the year was 1968.That was the day Johnny Cash played Folsom Prison.The Man in Black had played numerous free prison concerts before.Country-music Legend Merle Hagga

On this day in labor history, the year was 1942.That was the day President Franklin Roosevelt established the National War Labor Board under Executive Order 9017.The Board was designed to mediate a

On this day in labor history, the year was 1937.That was the day The Battle of the Running Bulls occurred at GMs Fisher Plant No.2 in Flint, Michigan.It marked the turning point in the Great Fl

On this day in labor history, the year was 1885.That was the day the Toynbee Hall, the first university settlement house opened its doors to the poor and working class communities of East London.T

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