important dates in labor history By Aaron Headley 1619 Slaves from Africa first imported to colonies 1769 Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution. 1773 Laborers protest royal taxation in the Boston tea Party 1786 Philadelphia printers conduct first successful strike for increased wages 1808 Slave importation prohibited 1854 Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden 1866 National Labor Union founded 1866 The term ecology is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1872 The term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain 1905 Industrial Workers of the World founded 1905 The term smog is coined by Henry Antoine Des Voeux in a London meeting to express concern over air pollution 1916 US Congress created the National Park Service 1938 Child labor banned 1962 Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring 1963 March on Washington for jobs and Justice Equal Pay Act bans wage discrimination based on gender 1964 Civil Rights Act bans institutional forms of racial discrimination 1968 The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise 1970 First Earth Day – April 22. Millions of people gather in the United States for the first Earth Day. US Environmental Protection Agency established 1989 Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer entered into force 1990 United Mine Workers of America win strike against Pittston Coal United Steelworkers of America labor Alliance created within the AFL-CIO 1997 The Kyoto Protocol was negotiated in Kyoto, Japan in December. Countries commit to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide 2001 U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol 2015 U.S. announces it will cease participation in the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation 2020 U.S. announces it will rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation
