On this day in Labor History the year was 1789. Congress passed the Judiciary Act of 1789.This act established the plan for U.S. Supreme Court. At first the Court was comprised of just six justices appointed by the President with Senate confirmation.

On this day in Labor History the year was 1969.President Richard Milhous Nixon issued the Philadelphia Plan.The goal of the plan was to require building trades unions to admit black members into their ranks.Nixon believed this would show him as a civil

On this day in Labor History the year was 2006. Eleven Dominos pizza delivery drivers in Pensacola, Florida formed what is thought to be the first ever union of pizza delivery drivers.The American Union of Pizza Delivery Drivers won recognition from the

On this day in Labor History the year was 1912.That was the day that labor activist, Mother Jones, led a march of miners children through the streets of Charleston, West Virginia.Her aim was to illustrate the effects of poverty.

On this day in Labor History the year was 1878.That was the day that socialist author Upton Sinclair was born in Baltimore, Maryland.A prolific writer, Sinclair wrote nearly 100 books and other publications.Upton Sinclairs father and fathers relative

On this day in Labor History the year was 1981.More than 400,000 union members marched in labors first Solidarity Day demonstration in Washington, D.C.The demonstration was called by the AFL-CIO to protest the Reagan administrations policies and the f

On this day in Labor History the year was 1830.That was the day that Tom Thumb, the first locomotive built in the U.S. raced a horse on a nine-mile course in Maryland.

On this day in labor history, the year was 1947.That was the day workers at the International Harvester plant in Louisville, Kentucky had had enough.They had just rejected a pay scale lower than that of Harvester workers elsewhere.In her recent art

On this day in labor history, the year was 1945.That was the day oil workers walked off the job.The strike soon spread to 20 states and involved more than 43,000 workers at 22 oil companies.After years of wartime wage freezes, the unions demand was

On this day in labor history, the year was 1970.That was the day 350,000 GM workers kicked off a 67-day strike.It was the largest auto strike since the end of World War II.According to historian Jefferson Cowie, it was likely the costliest.