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Strike!

History Of Labor

By thetownloner

  • Ratification of the 13th Amendment

    The 13th amendment to the United Sates Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. The amendment was ratified by the states on December 6th 1865.

  • The National Labor Union is founded

    The National Labor Union was the first national labor federation in the United States. It was founded in 1866 and led by William H. Sylvis.

  • The Knights of Labor is founded

    The Knights of Labor was the largest and one of the most important American labor organizations of the 1880's. It was founded by Uriah Stephens on December 28th 1869.

  • The 1st Labor Day

    The first American Labor Day celebration was on September 5th 1882 in New York City with accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union.

  • The Great Southwest Railroad Strike begins

    The Great Southwest Railroad Strike was a labor union strike involving more than 200,000 workers. The railroad workers in five states struck against the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroads. At least ten people were killed and the unraveling of the strike led to the collapse of the Knights of Labor. It began on March 1st 1886 and ended March 19th 1886.

  • The Homestead Strike begins

    The Homestead Strike started as an industrial lockout and strike on June 30th 1892 and ended in a battle on July 6th 1892. The strike was between the AA and the Carnegie Steel Company. The final result was a major defeat and setback for the efforts to unionize steelworkers.

  • The Textile Workers Strike begins

    The Textile Workers Strike of 1934 was the largest strike in the labor history of the United States at the time. It involved 400,000 textile workers from New England, the Mid-Atlantic states, and US Southern states and lasted twenty-two days.

  • The General Motors Sit Down begins

    The General Motors Sit Down strike started December 30th 1936 and lasted forty-four days. The autoworkers, of the General Motors Fisher Body Plant Number One in Flint Michigan, were striking to win the recognition of the United States Workers as the only bargaining agent for General Motors workers. They also wanted the company to stop sending work to non-union plants, a fair minimum wage. a grievances system, and a set of procedures that would help protect assembly-line workers from injury.

  • The 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act

    The Fair Labor Standards Act established minimum wage, overtime pay, record keeping, and youth employment standards affecting full-time and part-time workers in the private sector and in Federal, State, and Local governments.

  • The Steel Strike

    The Steel Strike of 1959 was a labor union strike by the USWA against major steel-making companies. The strike occurred because the management demanded that the union give up a contract clause that protected their job and work hours.