On, June 7, 1912, Boston Elevated Railway workers called a strike. But the company had a secret force--Harvard students. Harvard men were more than happy to be hired thugs to.
On May 30, 1925, police opened fire on workers and students in Shanghai. This began the May Thirtieth Movement, a major moment of anti-imperialist struggle in China and one that.
On May 15, 1984, about 5,000 sugar workers around the town of Guariba, Brazil went on strike. This little known moment of worker resistance happened because of the terrible working.
On May 8, 1863, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen was founded at a meeting in Marshall, Michigan. Today, the Engineers are one of the oldest unions in the.
On May 1, 2010, a group of 1,000 subcontractors from India and Nepal laboring in Iraq working for the U.S. military occupation went on a violent rampage against their terrible.
On April 25, 1923, dockworkers in San Pedro, California, organizing under the banner of the Industrial Workers of the World, went on strike over the horrible conditions of their work.
On April 9, 1917, the Supreme Court upheld Oregon's new 10 hour day law for both men and women that also provided for overtime pay. The Court went away from.
On April 7, 1947, Japan passed its Labor Standards Act. Based on the Fair Labor Standards Act in the United States, the Labor Standards Act is a way to understand.
