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The frist slavery code beging making African Americans servant slaves for life
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American Reviltion begings
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Gernal strike for 10 hours in philadelphia
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Abraham Lincoln takes office as president and Civil War begins
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13th Amendment to the Constitution abolishes slavery
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National Labor Union founded
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Carpenters President P.J. McGuire and the union strike and win the eight-hour day for some 28,000 members
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Woodrow Wilson takes office as president and appoints the first secretary of labor, William B. Wilson of the Mine Workers
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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
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Stock market crashes as stocks fall 40 percent; Great Depression begins
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President Franklin Roosevelt proposes New Deal programs to Congress
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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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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. troops enter combat in World Wal II National War Labor Board created with union members
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Largest strike wave in U.S. history
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March on Washington for jobs and Justice Equal Pay Act bans wage discrimination based on gender
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Occupational Safety and Health Act passed
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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
