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An american socialist, political, activist, trade union. one of the founding members of the Industrial workers in the world. Apostle of Industrial unionism. -
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African-American laundry women in Atlanta formed the washing society and organized a strike to gain higher wages and respect for their labor. -
Lucy Randolph Mason was an American labor activist and suffragist. She was involved in the union movement, the consumer movement and the civil rights movement in the mid-20th century. Social Reformer dedicated to workers rights and racial justice. -
An Industrial lockout and strike that began in July, culminating in a battle in which strikers defeated private security agents -
The Cripple Creek miners strike was a five-month strike by the Western Federation of Miners (WFM) -
Workers received less pay then normal and 40 riveters told the company they wouldn't work unless they were told the pay rate, when they returned to work 3 days later, they were fired. -
The deadliest Industrial disaster in the history of the city, and one of the deadliest in the U.S. history. -
Champion of Labor renewal and former AFL-CIO president. He was involved in virtually every part of the trade union movement and leading on Catholic social teaching in workers rights. -
Helped create Social Security and Medicare.He enactment of Social Disability Insurance. which for the first time provided Social Security benefits to people with disabilities. -
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Chavez was an American labor leader he co-founded the National Farm Work Association (NFWA). Folk Hero and symbol of hope who organized a union of farm workers. -
