Norris-Laguardia act 1932

textile workers strike

1934 BCE

biggest strike in labor history in the united states at the time. Involved 400,000 textile workers from New England, Mid-Atlantic states and even the u.s. southern states, lasting a total of twenty-two days.

Sherman Antitrust Act 1890

Jul 2, 1890

forbade any "restraint of commerce" across the state lines

pullman strike

May 11, 1894

pitted the american railway union against the pullman company, main railroads, and even the federal government of the united states under the president Grover Cleveland.

great anthracite coal strike

Oct 3, 1902

strike by coal miners wanting higher wages, shorter workdays, and to get there union recognized, even threatened to shut down the winter fuel supply to major u.s. cities.

world war 1

Jul 28, 1914

war with more than 70 million military personnel including 60 million europeans were mobilised in one of the largest wars known in history, nine million combatants and seven million civilians died as a result of the brutal war.

steel strike

Sep 21, 1919

attempt by weakened amalgamated association of iron, steel and tin workers to try to organize the united states steel industry in the wake of world war 1.

great depression

Oct 29, 1929

consumer spending and investment dropped, causing steep declines in the industrial output and levels of unemployment rose as failing companies laid of the workers.

fair labor standards act

Jun 25, 1938

federal law which establishes minimum wage, overtime pay eligibility, recordkeeping, and child labor standards.

world war 2

Sep 1, 1939

war that involved the vast majority of the worlds nations and involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries