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English planters found Jamestown colony
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Bacon’s Rebellion of servants and slaves in Virginia
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First recorded prosecution against strikers in New York City
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Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ended the war of the Austrian Succession.
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Artisans and laborers in Sons of Liberty protest oppressive British taxes
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British troops kill five dock workers in Boston Massacre
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Constitution adopted
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The second federal census was taken in 1800
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Gabriel Prosser’s slave insurrection in Virginia
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Philadelphia shoemakers found guilty of conspiracy
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New Hamsphire enacts first state 10-hour-day law
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National Labor Union founded
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15th Amendment to the Constitution adopted; states the right to vote may not be abrogated by color
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Bureau of Labor Statistics Begins Collecting Employment Data
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On this day in History US Dept of Commerce and Labor is established
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The childrens Bureau was established
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History of the US Department of Labor, Part 1: 1913 to 1929
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The organic act establishing the Department of Labor
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The entry of the U.S. into World War I
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A. Philip Randolph threatens march on Washington to pretest racial discimination in defense jobs
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Mobilizing for War, Helping Veterans
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Largest strike wave in U.S. history
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First two of 11 unions with Communist leaders are purged from CIO
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A Builder of the Great Society
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Jimmy Carter succeeded Gerald Ford
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A federal court issues the first injunction against a union
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Ending Sweatshops in the Garment Industry
