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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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April 10 - Dolores Huerta is Born

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/04/10

On this day in Labor History the year was 1930. That was the day that Dolores Huerta was born in the mining town of Dawson, New Mexico.

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April 9 - Bunting vs. Oregon, On the Road to the...

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/04/09

The fight for an eight hour work day was one of the most difficult and important efforts of the US labor movement. Slogans such as “Eight hours for work, eight hours for sleep, eight hours for what we will!” became the rallying cry of working people.

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April 8 - Convict Laborers Killed in Banner Mine...

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/04/08

On this day in Labor History the year was 1911. At 6:30 in the morning an explosion shook the Banner Mine, owned by the Pratt Consolidated Coal Company. Banner was located near what would later become Birmingham, Alabama.

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April 7 - Justice for Janitors

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/04/07

Their slogan was “Justice for Janitors!” Their chant was “Si se puede!” “Yes we can!”Their image was a red and black poster of a mop raised high in a clenched fist. 3,000 members of SEIU Local 1877 marched in the streets of downtown Los Angeles.

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April 6 - The New York Slave Revolt of 1712

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/04/06

Often Southern states are the focus of histories of slavery in the United States. But did you know that in the early 1700s one in five residents of New York were enslaved Africans?

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April 5 - The Longest Strike

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/04/05

On this day in Labor History the year was 1954. It began what some have called the “longest major strike in U.S. history.” The strike was against Kohler, the Wisconsin-based manufacturer of bathroom fixtures

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April 4 - The Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King...

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/04/04

On this day in Labor History, the year was 1968. This is a day of mourning. Today is the day an assassin’s bullet murdered Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as he was coming out of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.

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April 3 - To the Mountaintop

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/04/03

On this day in Labor History the year was 1968. That was the night that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his now famous “I’ve been to the Mountaintop” speech at the Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee. He was speaking in support of striking sanitation workers who were members of AFSCME Local 1733.

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April 2 - The Union Label

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/04/02

When you go shopping, do you remember to look for the union label? On this day in Labor History the year was 1909. The American Federation of Labor launched its “Union Label” department

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April 1 - Historic Strike Begins at Loray Mill

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/04/01

On this day in Labor History the year was 1929. It was the first day of the strike at the Loray textile mill in Gastonia, North Carolina. Textile mill workers in the south were paid significantly less than workers in the north

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March 31 - FDR Creates the Civilian Conservation Corps

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/03/31

On this day in Labor History the year was 1933. The nation was in the grips of the Great Depression. Long bread lines formed each day in major cities across the nation with at least one in four people out of work. The crisis deepened as the Dust Bowl ravaged US farmland crippling farmers and limiting food production.

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March 30 - Remembering ILWU Leader Harry Bridges

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/03/30

The most important word in the language of the working class is ‘solidarity.’” Those inspiring words were spoken by labor leader Harry Bridges, who died on this day in Labor History the year was 1990.

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March 29 - The Beginning of Walmart

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/03/29

On this day in Labor History the year was 1918 and someone was born who would forever change the retail industry in the United States. His name was Sam Walton. Walton opened his first Walmart store in 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas.

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March 28 - King’s Last March in Memphis

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/03/28

This is the day in Memphis that marked Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s final march for Civil Rights. If you are a regular listener to Labor History in 2, last month you heard about how AFSCME sanitation workers in Memphis went on strike to win union recognition.

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March 27 - Strike on the Canadian Northern

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/03/27

On this day in Labor History the year was 1912. Between six and seven thousand workers walked off the job, on strike against the Canadian Northern Railway. Their issues included low pay, worker safety, and the poor quality of food and housing provided by the railroad.

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March 26 - Contract Farm Labor During Wartime

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/03/26

On this day in Labor History the year was 1943. The United States was in the midst of fighting World War II. And by 1943 there were more than 9 million people serving as military personnel.

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March 25 - Industrial Murder at Triangle ShirtWaist...

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/03/25

On this day in Labor History the year was 1911. Marking one the most tragic days in US labor history. 146 women and girls died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

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March 24 - Coalition of Labor Union Women is Founded

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/03/24

On this day in Labor History the year was 1974. It was the final day of a ground-breaking gathering of more than 3,000 women union members in Chicago to found the Coalition of Labor Union Women, or CLUW.

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March 23 - The Norris-LaGuardia Act

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/03/23

Do you know that it used to be legal for employers in their United States to make their employees sign a contract promising not join a union? Such agreements were often referred to as “Yellow Dog Contracts.”

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March 22 - Mark Twain Speaks to the Power of Workers

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/03/22

At some time during your life you’ve probably read a book or heard a story by Mark Twain. But did you know that this renowned American author was also a strong supporter of labor? In 1835 he was born Samuel Clemens in town of Hannibal, Missouri.

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