On this day in labor history, the year was 1970.That was the day President Richard M. Nixon signed the Occupational Safety and Health Act into law. At the time, it was estimated that 14,000 workers d

On this day in labor history, the year was 1973.That was the day three astronauts aboard Skylab 4 staged a one-day strike against NASA, while in outer space. It was an 84-day mission, consisting of g

On this day in labor history, the year was 2011.That was the day the National Labor Relations Board ruled that musicians in Lancaster, Pennsylvania were employees, not independent contractors.Veter

On this day in labor history, the year was 1914.That was the day garment workers gathered in New York City to found the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America.It was a revolt against the c

On this day in labor history, the year was 1921.That was the day President Warren G. Harding ordered Eugene V. Debs released from prison.The Socialist Party leader had been convicted of Sedition in

On this day in labor history, the year was 1936.That was the day some fifty policemen wielding blackjacks, attacked picketers from the National Maritime Union on the Houston docks.West Coast Maritim

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On this day in labor history, the year was 1919.That was the day Red Scare deportations began.Two hundred forty-nine radicals, including anarcho-feminist, Emma Goldman, were packed onto the USS Bu

On this day in labor history, the year was 1860.That was the day South Carolina announced, The Union is Dissolved!The pronouncement was a direct response to the presidential election of Abraham

On this day in labor history, the year was 1945.That was the day workers ended their ninety-nine-day strike against the Ford Motor Company in Windsor, Ontario.Just across the river from Detroit, w