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American labor activist Mother Jones (1837–1930) July 1903 (United States) Labor organizer Mary Harris "Mother" Jones leads child workers in demanding a 55-hour work week. 1904 (United States) New York City Interborough Rapid Transit Strike. [25] 1904 (United States) United Packinghouse Workers of America. [25] 1904 (United States)
The book was widely reviewed and praised for unearthing the history of a radical union important in the history of the American labor movement. In Transit is a richly detailed and analytically sophisticated book about a remarkable organization, the Transport Workers Union (TWU), in New York City in the heyday of industrial unionism in the 1930s ...
Books about labor history (28 P) L. Labor literature (2 C, 20 P) Pages in category "Books about labour" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total ...
The history of labor disputes in America substantially precedes the Revolutionary period. In 1636, for instance, there was a fishermen's strike on an island off the coast of Maine and in 1677 twelve carmen were fined for going on strike in New York City . [ 7 ]
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 .
His is a member of the editorial board of Labor History and Review (Journal of the Fernand Braudel Center). Dubofsky is a member of the American Historical Association , the Organization of American Historians , and the New York State Labor History Association (where he was vice president from 1978 to 1979, and president from 1979 to 1980).
Californians this week are honoring the influential Filipino American labor rights leader Larry Itliong, whose legacy as a father of West Coast labor organizing continues amid recent strikes in ...
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