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The labor day holiday is created
Labor Day is a federal holiday that happens the first Monday in September. It became a federal holiday in 1894 after the deaths of the men in the Pullmen strike. It went throught Congress and sighned a meer 6 days after the strike ended. -
Haymarket Square Riot
Workers in chicago marched for an 8 hour protest. The poliece came to break up the riot. 8 poliecemen died and 100 were injured. -
The Homestead strike
Lasted from june 30 to July 6. It was the most serious disputes that happened in US labor history. The dispute involved the Homestead steel workers. -
The Pullmen strike
The strike was caused because the town was made for the factory workers but they didnt want to buy the houses from the company owner George M. Pullmen. The rent was high and wages droped. The wage falling was caused by the panic of 1893. -
The Coal strike
The coal strike happened was by the united mine workers of america in the anthracite coal feilds in Pennsylvania. Threatened to shut down the winter fuel supply. It was the first labor episode in which the federal goverment did not intervene as a neutral arbitrator. -
Pure foods and drug act was passed
Gave the goverment the power and law to inspect meat products. Also inspect the manufactures and transportation of the food to the market. This act made the FDA that we have today. -
Triangle Shirt Factory Fire
The fire was called the most disaterious accident to happen in a insudtry in its time in new york. 146 garment workers were killed by this devastating fire. This lead to legislation require standards in factorys. -
Congress of Industrial Organization was formed
Was part of the AFL until it broke away in 1935. It broke away because it advocated organizations along industrial lines rather then craft lines. Was reintergrated into the AFL in 1955. -
The National Labor Relation Act was passed
A little fyi tip this act was also known as the Wagner act. It was pro labor. Created the National Labor Relations Board. -
The GM sit down strike
The GM sit down strike was the first of its kind in many ways. One way was the fact that they locked themselves in teh factory so the strike brokers were rendered usless. In the months that followed the strike spread to other GM plants and the strike ended Fe3buary 11 1937 and the workers got what they wanted. -
Fair Labor Standards act was passed
The main goal of this act was to make mnimum ages and wages for employes. Also the work and wages were to be regulated by federal law. I know this act well because as a 14 year old I wnat to hold a job as soon as possiable. -
Sreel strike
The steel strike was by the United steelworkers of America against U.S. Steel ans nine otehr steelmakers. The companies sued to regain control of there companies after the goverment nationalized the american steel industry. The steel workers were fighting for a wage increases. -
Major League Baseball strike
This was the first strike in major leauge baseball history. Baseball resumed when the owners and players agreed on a $500,000 increase in pension funds. The 86 games that were missed due to the strike were never made up. -
New York City transit strike
This strike was cuased by the Transport Workers Union Local 100. The MTA agreed to a retiermetn,pension, and wage increase. fMillions of comuters were effected by the strike.
