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National Labor Relations Act
Required businesses to bargain in good faith with any union supported by the majority of their employees. -
March on Washington Threat
A. Phillip Randolph threatens March on Washington to protest racial discrimination in defense jobs. -
Taft-Hartley Act
Restricts union members activity -
Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act
US labor law that regulates labor unions' internal affairs and their officials' relationships with employers. -
March on Washington for Jobs and Justice
On Wednesday, August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr., standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial, delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech in which he called for an end to racism. -
New York Teacher Strike
A New York City teachers strike ends after depriving more than a million public school students of an education during 36 school days. It started in May 1968 and did not end until November. Pitting union power against the public interest, the strike adds to the distrust of organized labor and exacerbates racial tensions. -
Postal Strike
Over 200 thousand postal workers walk off the job to protest, illegally. -
Coalition of Black Trade Unionist Formed
Nonprofit organization of African American trade union members affiliated with the AFL-CIO. -
Major League Baseball Strike
Major League Baseball players strike. Team owners want to restore their own prerogatives by requiring a team to pay compensation to another when hiring a free agent. Players fight the move in a strike that wipes out almost 40% of the season before being settled by compromise in August, just in time to save the World Series from cancellation. -
Hormel Food Strike
Members of a local of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union in Austin, Minnesota, go on strike against the Hormel Foods Corporation. In 1985, when the company demanded a 23 percent wage cut on top of a wage freeze, workers walked off the job in protest.