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bliuding a new nation
The frist slavery code beging making African Americans servant slaves for life -
bliuding a new nation
American Reviltion begings -
struggle for freedom
Gernal strike for 10 hours in philadelphia -
struggle for freedom
Abraham Lincoln takes office as president and Civil War begins -
struggle for freedom
13th Amendment to the Constitution abolishes slavery -
Origins of Today's Union Movement
National Labor Union founded -
origin of todays unions movements
Carpenters President P.J. McGuire and the union strike and win the eight-hour day for some 28,000 members -
The progress era
Woodrow Wilson takes office as president and appoints the first secretary of labor, William B. Wilson of the Mine Workers -
The progressive era
One of every five workers walked out in great strike wave, including national clothing coal and steel strikes; a general strike in Seattle; and a police strike in Boston International Labor Organization founded in France -
Repression and Depression
Stock market crashes as stocks fall 40 percent; Great Depression begins -
Repression and Depression
President Franklin Roosevelt proposes New Deal programs to Congress -
Democratizing America
Fair Labor Standards Act establishes first minimum wage and 40-hour week Congress of industrial Organizations forms as an independent federation -
Democratizing America
Fair Labor Standards Act establishes first minimum wage and 40-hour week Congress of industrial Organizations forms as an independent federation -
Democratizing America
U.S. troops enter combat in World Wal II National War Labor Board created with union members -
The Fight for Economic and Social Justice
Largest strike wave in U.S. history -
The Fight for Economic and Social Justice
March on Washington for jobs and Justice Equal Pay Act bans wage discrimination based on gender -
Progress and New Challenges
Occupational Safety and Health Act passed -
Progress and New Challenges
Pride at Work, a national coalition of lesbian, gay bisexual and transgender workers and their supporters, becomes an AFL-CIO constituency group AFL-CIO membership renewed growth
