On this day in labor history the year was 1875. That was the day anti-black violence erupted into a two-day massacre in Clinton, Mississippi.As many as 2500 Black Republicans and their families met at Moss Hill, a former plantation destroyed during the

On this day in labor history the year was 1932.That was the day the Progressive Miners of America wrapped up their founding convention in Gillespie, Illinois.Fed up with concessions and what they viewed as a heavy-handed, anti-democratic rule by UMW p

On this day in labor history, the year was 1910.That was the day the Protocol of Peace brought an end to the cloak makers strike in New York City.The garment industry had been rocked by the Uprising of the 20,000 months earlier.Young women had s

On this day in labor history, the year was 1934. That was the day nearly half a million textile workers, from Maine to Alabama, walked off the job in a general strike.The United Textile Workers had launched an organizing campaign the year before. Within

On this day in labor history, the year was 1864.That was the day the final battle of the Atlanta Campaign began with the Battle of Jonesborough.The Union had been embroiled in a civil war with Confederate forces to end the slave labor system for three

On this day in labor history, the year was 1907.That was the day labor leader Luisa Moreno was born in Guatemala City.As a young woman, she fought for the admission of women into Guatemalan universities.After attending journalism school in Mexico Cit

On this day in labor history, the year was 1941.That was the day 2500 steel workers at the Pressed Steel Car Company near McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania walked off the job.It was the second walkout in two weeks.Workers effectively shut down production o

On this day in labor history, the year was 1934.That was the day 7,000 white and Filipino lettuce workers in Californias Salinas Valley walked out on strike.Salinas was the lettuce capital of the world.The division of labor in the Valley was largel

On this day in Labor History the year was 1950. At 4 pm that day the US Army completed its take-over of the countrys railroads.They were acting on the orders of President Truman.

On this day in Labor History the year was 1919. That was the day that Fannie Sellins and Joseph Starzeleski were murdered while standing up for workers rights.Fannie was born in New Orleans, and then married a garment worker in St. Louis.