On October 10, 1842, a planter Eli Capell noted the precise amount of cotton picked by each of his slaves in his logbooks. This seemingly minor moment is in fact.
On September 19, 1935, a Soviet coal miner named Alexey Stakhanov mines 227 tons of coal. His work that day, beatified by the Soviet state as the saint to guide.
On September 4, 1907, about 500 white working men in Bellingham, Washington rioted against the arrival of Punjabi laborers in their border town. They wanted to round them up and.
On August 16, 2012, the South African Police Service killed 34 striking platinum miners. The Marikana Massacre was the most lethal use of force against civilians by the South African.
On July 20, 1885, the British crown gave royal assent to the Chinese Immigration Act in Canada, which placed a $50 tax on Chinese workers and which reinforced the general.
On July 10, 1989 Soviet coal miners struck over their low wages and unsafe conditions. This was the most important internal labor uprising contributing to the fall of the Soviet.
On June 16, 1958, the Chicago Crossing Guards Association rejected an offer from AFSCME to join the union because these women did not believe the union would fight effectively for.
On June 9, 1941, the military, with support from the Congress of Industrial Organizations and the United Auto Workers, ended the North American Aviation strike in Los Angeles. This remarkable.
