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Building a New Nation
English Planters found Jamestown colony and complain about lack of laborers. -
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Building a New Nation
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Building a New Nation
Slaves from Africa first imported to colonies -
Building a New Nation
Laborers protest royal taxation in the Boston tea Party -
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Struggles for Freedom
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Struggles for freedom
Slave importation prohibited -
Struggles for Freedom
President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation -
Struggles for Freedom
13th Amendment to the Constitution abolishes slavery -
Origins of Today's Union Movement
National Labor Union founded -
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Orgins of Today's Union Movement
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Origins of Today's Union Movement
15th Amendment to the Constitution adopted; states the right to vote may not be abrogated by color -
The Progressive Era
AFL and National Civic Federation promote trade agreements with employers U.S. Industrial Commission declares trade unions good for democracy. -
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The Progressive Era
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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 -
Reppresion and Deppresion
19th Amendment to the Constitution gives women the right to vote -
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Repression and Depression
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Repression and Depression
Railway Labor Act sets up procedures to settle railway labor disputes and forbids discrimination against union members -
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Democratizing America
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Democratizing America
AFL and CIO create labor's Non-Partisan League and help President Roosevelt win re-election to a second term -
Democratizing America
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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The Fight for Economic and Social Justice
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The Fight for Economic and Social Justice
March on Washington for jobs and Justice Equal Pay Act bans wage discrimination based on gender -
The Fight for Economic and Social Justice
AFL-CIO forms A. Philip Randolph Institute César Chávez forms AFL-CIO United Farm Workers Organizing Committee -
Progress and New Challenges
Occupational Safety and Health Act passed -
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Progress and New Challenges
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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 -
Recent Times 2000-2010
(February) AFL-CIO Executive Council calls for reform in the nation’s immigration laws for undocumented workers. -
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Recent Times:2000-2010
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Recent Times: 2000-2010
(January) Shortly after his inauguration, President Obama signs the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which restored the rights of working women to sue over pay discrimination.
