On May 5, 1913, barbers in New York City went on strike. This little known incident with not a lot of public information on it is quite interesting. Let's put together what we can. I was unable to find anything written on it by scholars,...
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When I teach the Triangle Fire, I note that in fact, nothing has changed at all. In 1911, 146 workers in New York City died making your clothing. In 2013,.
Photos from the opening of the new Delta Air Lines terminal in LaGuardia Airport in Queens, NY, on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019. (Chris Rank for Rank Studios) Two major New.
On April 5, 2010, the Upper Big Branch Coal Mine in Raleigh County, West Virginia exploded, killing 29 of the 31 workers laboring in the mine. The product of the outright hostility to safety by mine owner Don Blankenship, this terrible moment served as horrifying...
Many of you have some familiarity with Joseph McCartin's superb book on the PATCO strike, which in 1981 led to Reagan firing the air traffic controllers. One of the points.
On April 2, 1992, Seattle mayor Norm Rice created the Child Care Staffing Task Force to deal with the city’s low-wage child care workers and how to improve their working.
Last week was the 114th anniversary of the Triangle Fire. I was on the Real News Podcast with Mel Buer to discuss it. She's very good at talking about this stuff succinctly; I am less so. She lays out the history quickly and effectively and...
On March 30, 1891, the National Union of Textile Workers formed. This early attempt to unite New England textile workers did not succeed, but it was an important moment in.
On March 20, 1945, four leaders of a strike among Black WACs at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, were convicted of disobeying orders and sentenced to hard labor. Privates Anna Morrison, Mary.
On March 18, 1886, anarchists in Liege, Belgium, held an action commemorating the 15th anniversary of the Paris Commune. Tapping into great dissatisfaction among the Belgian working class with their work, this small action grew into a much larger set of strikes that is one...
On March 14, 1882, textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts walked off the job. Thirty years later, a much more famous textile strike would take place in that town. That one.
National Labor Relations Board, located at 1099 14th Street, NW, in Washington, D.C. April 16, 2012. Photo by Diego M. Radzinschi/THE NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL. With all the court victories against.