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Important dates in labor history

  • Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution.

  • The term ecology is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel

  • The term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain

  • Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden

  • May 4, 1886. Haymarket

    May 4, 1886. Haymarket

    the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration
  • Jul 1, 1892 to Nov 20, 1892. Homestead Strike

    Jul 1, 1892 to Nov 20, 1892. Homestead Strike

    this was a homestead massacre the battle of Homestead was an industrial lockout and strike between strikers and private security agents
  • May 11, 1894 to Jul 20, 1894. Pullman Strike

    May 11, 1894 to Jul 20, 1894. Pullman Strike

    a nationwide railroad boycott It pitted the American Railway Union against the Pullman Company, the main railroads and the main labor
  • The term smog is coined by Henry Antoine Des Voeux in a London meeting to express concern over air pollution

  • Mar 11, 1911. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

    Mar 11, 1911. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

    the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city, and one of the deadliest in U.S. history. The fire caused the deaths of 123 women and girls and also 23 men
  • US Congress created the National Park Service

  • Aug 25, 1921 to Sep 2, 1921. Battle of Blair Mountain

    Aug 25, 1921 to Sep 2, 1921. Battle of Blair Mountain

    the result of years of bitter labor disputes between the miners and coal companies of southern West Virginia
  • Jul 1, 1922 great railroad strike

    Jul 1, 1922 great railroad strike

    was a nationwide strike of railroad workers in the United States. Launched by seven of the sixteen railroad labor organizations in existence at the time, the strike continued into the month of August before collapsing
  • Great Railroad Strike

    Great Railroad Strike

    Railway shopmen walked off the job and launched a nationwide railway strike.
  • 1931-1932 Harlan County War

    1931-1932 Harlan County War

    was a series of coal mining-related skirmishes, executions, bombings, and strikes to gain the rights of Harlan County coal miners to organize their workplaces and better their wages and working condition
  • Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring

  • sep 8,1965 Delano Grape Strike

    sep 8,1965 Delano Grape Strike

    Filipino American grape workers, members of the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, walked out on strike against Delano-area table and wine grape growers protesting years of poor pay and conditions.
  • New York City teachers' strike of 1968

    New York City teachers' strike of 1968

    a months-long confrontation between the new community-controlled school board in the largely black Ocean Hill – Brownsville neighborhoods of Brooklyn and New York City 's United Federation of Teachers.
  • The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise

  • First Earth Day Millions of people gather in the United States for the first Earth Day. US Environmental Protection Agency established

  • Aug 3,1981 PATCO Strike

    Aug 3,1981 PATCO Strike

    the union declared a strike, seeking better working conditions, better pay
  • Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer entered into force

  • The Kyoto Protocol was negotiated in Kyoto, Japan in December. Countries that ratify this protocol commit to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide

  • U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol

  • 2001 — U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol

  • U.S. announces it will cease participation in the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation

  • U.S. announces it will rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation