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U.S. Marshals attempt to start a train during the strike in East St. Louis, Illinois. March 1886 (United States) The Great Southwest Railroad Strike of 1886 was a labor union strike against the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroads involving more than 200,000 workers. [20] 1 May 1886 (United States)
Organized labor's influence steadily waned and workers' collective voice in the political process has weakened. Partly as a result, wages have stagnated and income inequality has increased. [147] "Although the National Labor Relations Act was initially a boon for unions, it also sowed the seeds of the labor movement's decline. The act enshrined ...
The labor movement in the South was divided, and lost its political influence. Southern liberals were in a quandary – most of them kept quiet or moderated their liberalism, others switched sides, and the rest continued on the liberal path.
The United States textile workers' strike of 1934, colloquially known later as The Uprising of '34 [4] [2] [1] was the largest textile strike in the labor history of the United States, involving 400,000 textile workers from New England, the Mid-Atlantic states and the U.S. Southern states, lasting twenty-two days.
Communist Party USA in the labor movement. 1919–1937; 1937–1957; Espionage Act of 1917; First Red Scare; John Birch Society; McCarthyism; Seattle General Strike; Smith Act. Smith Act trials; Anti-war and civil rights movements. Black power movement; COINTELPRO "I Have a Dream" March on Washington; New Left; Poor People's Campaign ...
The first Labor Day celebration in the U.S. took place in New York City on Sept. 5, 1882, when some 10,000 workers marched in a parade organized by the Central Labor Union and the Knights of Labor.
Labor history is a sub-discipline of social history which specializes on the history of the working classes and the labor movement. Labor historians may concern themselves with issues of gender, race, ethnicity, and other factors besides class but chiefly focus on urban or industrial societies which distinguishes it from rural history .
The modern labor community has its own method of dating history. There's "Before Reagan," which covers much of the history of labor rights in the 20th century, and then there's The Day Ronald ...