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Building A New Nation
English planters found Jamestown colony and complain about lack of laborers. -
Building A New Nation
First recorded prosecution against strikers in New York City -
Building A New Nation
American Revolution begins -
Struggles for Freedom
Slave importation prohibited -
Struggles for Freedom
General strike for 10-hour day in Philadelphia -
Struggles for Freedom
Seneca Falls women’s rights convention -
Origins of Today's Union Movement
National Labor Union founded -
Origins of Today's Union Movements
First Labor Day parade in New York City -
Origins of Today's Union Movement
American Federation of Labor founded -
The Progressive Era
Women’s Trade Union League formed at AFL convention -
The Progressive Era
Industrial Workers of the World founded -
The Progressive Era
United States enters World War I -
Repression and Depression
19th Amendment to the Constitution gives women the right to vote -
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
Upsurge in strikes, including national textile strike, which fails -
Democratizing America
John L. Lewis resigns and Philip Murray becomes CIO president -
Democratizing American
A. Philip Randolph threatens march on Washington to pretest racial discimination in defense jobs -
The Fight for Economic and Social Justice
Largest strike wave in U.S. history -
The Fight for Economic and Social Justice
President John Kennedy's order gives federal workers the right to bargain -
The Fight for Economic and Social Justice
Civil Rights Act bans institutional forms of racial discrimination -
Progress and New Challenges
Occupational Safety and Health Act passed -
Progress and New Challenges
Coalition of Black Trade Unionists formed -
Progress and New Challenges
Coalition of Labor Union Women founded -
Recent Times 2000-2010
Women now are two-thirds of new union members in the U.S. -
Recent Times: 2000-2010
The AFL-CIO endorses Sen. Barack Obama for U.S. President. -
Recent Times: 2000-2010
Union members and allies deliver some of the 1.5 million signatures collected in support of the Employee Free Choice Act.
