Aviation Labor Relations By par4uk Jun 30, 1778 New York Journeymen Printers Jul 1, 1794 Philadelphia Cordwainers (shoemakers) organize Jul 1, 1842 Commonwealth vs. Hunt Jul 1, 1861 US Civil War Jul 1, 1866 National Labor Union Jul 1, 1869 Knights of Labor formed Jul 1, 1870 40 year span of Labor Unrest 'starts' Jul 1, 1873 Panic of 1873 & Long Depression Jul 1, 1877 Great Railroad Strike Jul 2, 1881 Pres. Garfield Assassinated Jul 1, 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act Jul 1, 1886 KoL membership 700,000 Jul 1, 1886 Haymarket Square Aug 3, 1886 AFL formed Jul 1, 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act Jul 1, 1892 Homestead Strike Jul 1, 1894 Pullman Company Strike Apr 25, 1898 Spanish-American War Jul 1, 1905 Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) formed Jul 1, 1907 Peak Year of European Immigration to USA - 1.28 million Jul 1, 1910 Labor Unrest Abates Aug 3, 1913 Department of Labor formed Jul 1, 1914 Clayton Act Aug 1, 1914 World War I begins Jul 1, 1915 US Population reaches 100 million Aug 1, 1917 Bolsheviks gain power in Russia Dec 31, 1919 AFL membership > 4 million Jul 1, 1921 US Bureau of Budget established Jul 1, 1926 Railway Labor Act Oct 3, 1929 Wall Street Crash Jul 1, 1932 Norris-LaGuardia Act Jul 1, 1933 National Industrial Recovery Act Aug 3, 1934 Nartional Mediation Board Jul 1, 1935 Wagner Act (NLRA) Aug 3, 1935 Social Security Act Nov 9, 1936 CIO formation announced Aug 3, 1938 FLSA Dec 31, 1941 Over 4,300 Strikes in 1941 Dec 31, 1945 4,750 strikes in 1945 Aug 3, 1947 Taft-Hartley Act Jun 20, 1950 Korean War Feb 9, 1955 AFL-CIO formed Aug 3, 1959 Landrum-Griffin Act Aug 3, 1962 Exec Order 10988 - Federal Employee Unions - bargaining Aug 2, 1964 Gulf of Tonkin - Vietman War Aug 3, 1970 RICO Dec 29, 1970 OSHA Aug 3, 1974 ERISA Aug 3, 1978 Civil Service Reform Act Aug 3, 1979 Trade Union Membership Peak 13.2 million Aug 3, 1981 PATCO strike Aug 3, 2005 Change to Win Formed Aug 3, 2009 Union Membership 7 million