-
Canada Legalizes Labor Unions
Canada's Prime Minister allows and make Labor Union legal in Canada after thousands of workers marched to his front door demanding Labor Unions be legalized. -
Toronto Labor Officials Invite Labor Union Leader To Labor Celebrations
Toronto labor officials invite Labor Union Leader Peter J. McGuire to Labor Celebrations in Toronto. After seeing the celebrations, McGuire organizes a Labor Parade in New York. -
Hay market Affair
After the previous days lose and workers wanting an eight hour work day, Strikers gather in Hay Market Square. Police try to disperse the gathering, upon them trying to do so someone from the crowd throws a dynamite bomb at the police. In the chaos that came after, seven police officers died, and four civilians. -
Oregon Legalizes Labor Day
In 1887, the State of Oregon is the first state to legalize Labor Day. Doing so gave the workers a payed day off. -
Labor Day become National Holiday
After a horrible railway strike and much pressure from the populace, Grover Cleveland makes Labor Day a National Holiday for the United States. -
Pennsylvania Miners Strike
President Theodore Roosevelt tries to get Leaders of the Strike and of the Company owning the mine to meet at the white house to compromise on working conditions and hours. The Miners agreed to meet, however the Company leaders refused. This made Roosevelt take action. He sent in the National Army to take over the mines. After this the Company leaders broke and listened to demands. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
On March 25th, 1911 a fire started in a bin of waist fabric. The water hose has decade to the point of no being usable and the water valve was rusted shut. The Factory had no sprinkler system and was on the seventh story where fire fighters could not reach. The Fire Escape collapsed and only one of three elevators was working. The elevator broke after four trips. The doors where locked as to keep the workers in. This event lead to many fire safety laws for factories in New York. -
Bloody Thursday
Bloody Thursday is part of the 1934 West Coast Waterfront Strike. This day the strikers where trying to tip over a police car. The Police Fire Shotguns into the air and revolvers at the crowd. Eventually firing the shotguns at the crowd wounding three people. One man survived as Nick Bordoise and Howard Sperry would die in the Hospital. A memorial was held the next day with police no where to be found. -
General Motors Workers Sit Down Strike
One of the General Motor factories had their workers stop working and sit down. This word spread to other factories and the workers there proceeded to do the same. General Motors had the Police come in the help but it turned bad. The Police opened fire on the workers, wounding many workers. -
Fair Labor Standards Act
The Fair Labor Standards Act was passed by congress after Senator Hugo Black put in up for consideration. The act set a maximum forty hour work week and set a minimum wage. It also prohibited child labor. The Act also improved working conditions for the workers. Around the time workers where also striking for Closed Shops.
