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