On this day in Labor History the year was 1912.  That was the day that Woody Guthrie was born in Okemah, Oklahoma.  Guthrie became one of the most prolific song writers to ever sing the stories of the

On this day in Labor History the year was 1863. That was the day that draft riots broke out in New York City.  The Civil War had been raging for two years. For the first time in United States’ history

On this day in Labor History the year was 1850.  That was the birthday of Oscar Neebe.  Neebe was one of eight men convicted of inciting violence at a workers rally at Haymarket Square in Chicago in 1

On this day in Labor History the year was 1968. That was the day that the American Indian Movement began at a meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A group of 200 Native Americans gathered together to di

On this day in Labor History the year was 1894. That was the day that labor leader Eugene V. Debs was arrested for supporting the strike of Pullman Palace Car Company workers.  In May, the workers who

On this day in Labor History the year was 1918.  That was the day that went down in U.S. history as the Great Train Wreck.  The wreck occurred at Dutchman’s Curve, in Nashville, Tennessee. During Worl

On this day in Labor History the year was 1966. That was the day that the International Association of Machinists went out on strike. The day before “The Machinist” newsletter published out of Washing

On this day in Labor History the year was 1998.  That was the first day of a 48-hour general strike in Puerto Rico.  The strike was called in support of telephone workers, who had walked off the job t

On this day in Labor History the year was 1911.  That was the day that the song “The Preacher and the Slave” first appeared in the Little Red Song Book.  The Little Red Song Book was a compilation of

On this day in Labor History the year was 1888.  That was the day that the spark was lit that touched off what came to be known as the “Match Girls Strike” in East London.  The Match Girls were worker