History of Labor Visual Timeline

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  • National Labor Union Founded

    National Labor Union Founded
    The National Labor Union (NLU) was the first national labor federation in the United States. Founded in 1866 and dissolved in 1873.

  • Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions Form

    Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions Form
    The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions of the United States and Canada (FOTLU) was a federation of labor union. It changed its name to the American Federation of Labor (AFL) on December 8, 1886.

  • First Labor Day parade in New York City

    First Labor Day parade in New York City
    The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union. The Central Labor Union held its second Labor Day holiday just a year later, on September 5, 1883.

  • President Grover

    President Grover
    President Grover was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States. He was also the President that made Labor Day a Federal Holiday.

  • American Federation of Labor founded

    American Federation of Labor founded
    The American Federation of Labor was a national federation of labor unions in the United States. It was founded in Columbus, Ohio, in December 1886.

  • Industrial Workers of the World Founded

    Industrial Workers of the World Founded
    The Industrial Workers of the World, members of which are commonly termed "Wobblies". IWW is an international labor union that was founded in 1906 in Chicago, Illinois in the United States of America.

  • Woodrow Wilson Appoints The First Secretary of Labor

    Woodrow Wilson Appoints The First Secretary of Labor
    The law creating a U.S. Department of Labor, signed by President William H. Taft on March 4, 1913, was virtually overlooked among the historic events of that day. William Bauchop Wilson was best remembered for his service as the first Secretary of Labor.

  • Leaders in the Workplace Sentenced to Federal Prison

    Leaders in the Workplace Sentenced to Federal Prison
    Leadership of Industrial Workers of the World sentenced to federal prison on charges of disloyalty to the United States

  • Strike Wave

    Strike Wave
    One of every five workers walked out in great strike wave, including national clothing coal and steel strikes. There was a general strike in Seattle and a police strike in Boston.

  • Railroad Act

    Railroad Act
    Railway Labor Act sets up procedures to settle railway labor disputes and forbids discrimination against union members.