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Building a New Nation
Slaves from Africa first imported to the colonies -
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
Seneca Falls women’s rights convention -
Struggles for freedom
Abraham Lincoln takes office as president and Civil War begins -
Repression and Depression
Railway Labor Act sets up procedures to settle railway labor disputes and forbids discrimination against union members -
Origins of Today's Union Movement
15th Amendment to the Constitution adopted; states the right to vote may not be abrogated by color -
First Labor Day parade in New York City
First Labor Day parade in New York City -
Origins of Today's Union Movement
Iron and steel workers union defeated in lockout at Homestead, Pa. Integreated general strike in New Orleans succeeds -
The Progressive Era
Triangle Shirtwaist factory in fire in New York kills nearly 150 workers -
The Progressive Era
Woodrow Wilson takes office as president and appoints the first secretary of labor, William B. Wilson of the Mine Workers -
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 -
Democratizing America
AFL and CIO create labor's Non-Partisan League and help President Roosevelt win re-election to a second term -
Democratizing America
John L. Lewis resigns and Philip Murray becomes CIO president -
Democratizing America
U.S. troops enter combat in World Wal II National War Labor Board created with union members -
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
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis, Tenn., during sanitation workers' strike -
Progress and New Challenges
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement founded -
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
The National Labor College (NLC) receives full accreditation from the Middle State Higher Education Commission, enabling it to grant bachelor’s and master’s degrees. -
Recent Times: 2000-2010
The U.S. Department of Labor reported that union density in the U.S. had grown over the previous two years, with a net gain of 759,000 members in 2007 and 2008. -
Recent Times: 2000-2010
40,000 union activists and allies protest the Free Trade Area of the Americas in Quebec City, Canada, the largest anti-globalization mobilization to date. -
Progress and New Challenges
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance created within AFL-CIO
