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Jamestown founded, which started the complaints about the lack of workers
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Artisans and Laborers in the Sons of Liberty protest oppressive British taxes
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Laborers protest royal taxation by dumping tea into the harbor
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First turnout of the “Mill Girls” in Lowell, Massachusetts to protect wage cuts
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Lowell Female Labor Reform Association begins public petitioning for 10-hour day
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New Hamsphire enacts first state 10-hour-day law
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National Labor Union was founded to organize skilled and unskilled laborers, farmers, and factory workers. Blacks and women, however, were not allowed to join the union. Supported anyone who would fight for shorter workdays, higher wages, and better working condition
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The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union.
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American Federation of Labor was founded in Columbus, Ohio by Samuel Gompers. It was one of the first federations of labor unions in America.
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AFL and National Civic Federation promote trade agreements with employers U.S. Industrial Commission declares trade unions good for democracy
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Fair Labor Standards Act establishes first minimum wage and 40-hour week Congress of Industrial Organizations forms as an independent federation
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U.S. Steel Corp. rejected President Truman's compromise wage offer in the steel negotiations. The steel strike became the biggest strike in US history
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Coalition of Labor Union Women founded
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Women now are two-thirds of new union members in the U.S
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The U.S. House of Representatives passes the Employee Free Choice Act with a vote of 241-185
