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Labor Strike of 1768
The first labor strike in the United States. -
Journeymen's Printers
Workers for the Journeymens Printer company go on strike for better wages. -
Albert Gallitins Glasswork
Workers at the Gallitins glasswork company go on strike for better workering conditions. -
Pawtucket Textile
Workers at the Pawtucket Textile Mill go on strike to improve wage. -
Lowell Mill
Women working at the Lowell Mill textile mill created the first union for working Women. -
Knights of Labor
The Knights of Labor is founded by Uriah Stephens. -
Alanta Washerwoman Strike
Thousands of black washwomen went on strike for higher wages. -
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Goppers starts the American Federation of Labor. -
Cripple Creek Miner Strike
After the boom of the gold rush people flocked to Cripple and other mining towns. After this miners began to fight for their rights pushing back hours. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
When Firefighters arrived to fight the fires on the top floor of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory their ladders were not tall enough to reach the 10th floor. 146 of the workers died and it made an uprising of workers safety in the U.S, -
Post War Strike
After WWI Miners, Policemen and Textile workers strike causing chaos adding to the fear of the red scare. -
Davis Bacon Act
Requires federal contractors to pay their workers for local market to prevent outsourcing. -
Norris-La Guardia Act
Stating that contracts that force workers not to join a union have to be unforceable. -
Fair Labor Standards Act
Sets 40-hour work week with time and a half for extra hours and establishes minimum wage. Puts restrictions on child labor -
Post WWII Strikes
Laborers strike in effort to raise minimum wage. -
Kennedy Legalizes Public Employee Unions
Federal worketr are allowed to organize and form unions and bagain for pay but cannot go on strike. -
Equal Pay Act
Prohibits discrimination of wages based on sex. Womens earnings climb to 62% of men in 1963 and in 2004 raises to 80%. -
Postal Strike
200,000 postal workers banned together to get greater wages, but were denied the ability to bargain salaries due to them being federal workers -
Change to Win
New labor union called Change to Win is formed.