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Labor History in 2:00

The Rick Smith Show

A daily, pocket-sized history of America"s working people, brought to you by The Rick Smith Show team.

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August 27 - Truman Seizes the Railroads

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/08/27

On this day in Labor History the year was 1950. At 4 pm that day the US Army completed its take-over of the country’s railroads. They were acting on the orders of President Truman.

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August 26 - Fannie Sellins Martyred

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/08/26

On this day in Labor History the year was 1919. That was the day that Fannie Sellins and Joseph Starzeleski were murdered while standing up for workers’ rights. Fannie was born in New Orleans, and then married a garment worker in St. Louis.

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August 25 - The Georges Fight Back

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/08/25

On this day in Labor History the year was 1925. 500 African American sleeping car porters gathered at the Elks Hall at 129th Street in Harlem. The meeting was called by A. Philip Randolph.

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August 24 - Weaponizing the War Against Labor

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/08/24

The year was 1877. That summer during what came to be known as “The Great Upheaval,” police, the US Army, and the National Guard brutally crushed a national railroad strike. The simmering anger of working people had many elected officials and industrialists on edge.

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August 23 - Commission on Industrial Relations

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/08/23

On this day in Labor History the year was 1912. That was the day the US Congress approved the formation of the Commission on Industrial Relations. In the early 1900s the terrible work conditions and entrenched resistance to union organizing had led to increasing labor unrest

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August 22 - Making the Skies Friendlier

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/08/22

On this day in Labor History the year was 1945. That was the day five women working for United Airlines formed the first union for airline stewardess. Those women were Ada Brown, Frances Hall, Edith Lauterbach, Sally Thometz and Sally Watt.

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August 21 - Nat Turner’s Insurrection

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/08/21

On this day in Labor History the year was 1831. That was the year Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in Southhampton, Virginia. From a young age Turner believed he had a purpose ordained by God. Turner had learned to read from one of his master’s sons.

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August 20 - The War on Poverty

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/08/20

On this day in Labor History the year was 1964. President Lyndon B. Johnson gave a mid-morning address in the Rose Garden of the White House. He was there to sign the Economic Opportunity Act that launched what became known as Johnson’s War on Poverty.

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August 19 - Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent

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2025/08/19

On this day in Labor History the year was 1909. That was the day that a committee of the Industrial Workers of the World in Spokane, Washington published the first edition of the “Little Red Song Book.” The collection were “Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent.”

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August 18 - WEVD Radio New York

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/08/18

On this day in Labor History the year was 1927. That was the day that a new radio station began to broadcast on the New York dial. The station’s call letters were WEVD. It stood for Eugene V. Debs. The radio station was founded to honor the recently deceased Socialist and labor leader.

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August 17 - 101 Wobblies Convicted

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/08/17

On this day in Labor History the year 1918. That was the day that 101 leaders of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) or Wobblies were convicted in a Chicago Federal Court. Their alleged crime?

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August 16 - George Meany is Born

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/08/16

On this day in Labor History the year was 1894. That was the birthday of the long-time leader of the AFL-CIO. George Meany grew up in the Bronx, with his Irish Catholic family.

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August 15 - The End of Bretton Woods

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/08/15

On this day in Labor History the year was 1971. That Sunday, President Richard Nixon addressed the nation in a speech that preempted the popular television show, Bonanza. His subject? The state of the economy. The speech was timed before the stock markets opened on Monday morning.

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August 14 - A Little Security for Workers

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/08/14

On this day in Labor History the year was 1936.That was the day that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. The act was a key piece of the President’s “New Deal” a series of federal programs responding to the ravages of the Great Depression. Social Security would provide an income for retirees and the disabled, to ensure they did no slide into complete destitution. On signing the bill, President Roosevelt, known for delivering memorable speeches, addressed

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August 13 - The Newsroom IS the Storj

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/08/13

On this day in Labor History the year was 1936. That was the day that thirty-five journalists of the Seattle Post-Intelligencerwalked off the job. They represented about half of the paper’s news room staff at the time.

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August 12 - Carpenter’s Union Founded

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/08/12

On this day in Labor History the year was 1881. That was the day that the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners passed their first constitution at a meeting in Chicago. The meeting was organized by Peter J. McGuire.

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August 11 - Fighting for a Say

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/08/11

On this day in Labor History the year was 2013. That was the day a somewhat unexpected new union formed in Bangor, Maine. Local 207 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace workers represents lobster fisherman. Lobster fisherman are known for being fiercely independent.

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August 10 - The Greatest Construction Show on Earth

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/08/10

On this day in Labor History the year was 1954. That was the day of the groundbreaking ceremony of what would come to be known as “the greatest construction show on earth.” The show was the development of the Saint Lawrence Seaway.

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August 9 - The Start of a Wave

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/08/09

On this day in Labor History the year was 1927. That was the day that the California School Employees Association was founded. Today the union includes more than 215,000 members. But it all started with just nine men and one woman.

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August 8 - An Inspiration for the Nation

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/08/08

On this day in Labor History the year was 1994. President Bill Clinton posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Latino farm worker organizer Cesar Chavez. It is the highest honor granted to civilians.

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