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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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March 21 - WTUL Leader Alice Henry is Born

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/03/21

On this day in Labor History the year was 1857. Labor activist, Alice Henry was born in Melbourne, Australia. Alice originally went to work as a teacher, but then found her true calling as a journalist. She wrote in support of the day’s progressive causes, including care for dependent children, labor reform, and women’s rights.

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March 20 - Police Attack Women Sit-Downers

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/03/20

On this day in Labor History the year was 1937. Three hundred police men waited outside the Bernard Schwartz Cigar Factory in Detroit, MI. They were there to break up the peaceful sit down strike going on inside the Cigar plant. During the winter and spring of 1937, Detroit had seen a wave of sit down strikes.

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March 19 - FDR Creates National Defense Mediation Board

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2025/03/19

Is it unpatriotic to go on strike when the nation is at war? What if your workplace is in an industry critical to the war effort? On this day in Labor History the year was 1941.The world was at embroiled in the Second World War, and increasingly it seemed as if the United States would soon join the fighting.

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March 18 - NYC Postal Workers Touch Off Historic Strike

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2025/03/18

On this day in Labor History the year was 1970. This was the day postal workers walked off the job in New York City. The strike caught many by surprise.The workers had not received a raise since 1967 and were not permitted by law to engage in collective bargaining.

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March 17 - Cesar Chavez Begins Historic March

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2025/03/17

On this day in Labor History the year was 1966. This is the day Chicano labor organizer, Cesar Chavez started a 340 mile march from Delano to Sacramento, California for the rights of farm workers. The action had actually started the year before, in 1965. Filipino farm workers had gone strike against grape growers in California.

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March 16 - The New York UFT is Founded

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/03/16

Albert Shanker was fed up. Mr. Shanker taught math at a junior high in in Astoria, Queens. He and his colleagues felt they were underpaid and not respected. The assistant principal of the school even spied on their classrooms with binoculars!

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March 15 - The Painters Union is Founded

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2025/03/15

On this day in Labor History the year was 1887. This was the day the International Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators of America got their start issuing their first charter. John Elliot led the founding meeting.

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March 14 - Salt of the Earth Premiers

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2025/03/14

On this day in Labor History the year was 1954, marking the opening of the powerful labor film, “Salt of the Earth.” “Salt of the Earth” told the story of striking Chicano miner members of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Local 890 against the Empire Zinc mine in New Mexico.

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March 13 - Remembering Susan B. Anthony

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2025/03/13

On this day in Labor History the year was 1906. That was the day the world lost a great champion of woman’s and worker’s rights, Susan B. Anthony. Born in 1820 in Massachusetts to a Quaker family, Susan B. Anthony is most well-known for her tireless campaign to secure the right to vote for women.

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March 12 - Victory for Bread & Roses Strike

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/03/12

The year was 1912. The Lawrence MA. Textile workers strike had worn on for over a month. More than 20,000 workers had walked off the job. Most of them were young women.

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March 11 - Explosion at Macbeth Mine

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2025/03/11

On this day in Labor History the year was 1937.It was a tragic day of history repeating itself. An explosion occurred deep inside the Macbeth mine, in Logan West Virginia. In the immediate aftermath the bodies of 2 miners were recovered.

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March 10 - NYC TWU Strikes Omnibus

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/03/10

On this day in Labor History the year was 1941. New Yorkers woke up to find a foot of snow blanketing their city. Nearly a million New Yorkers also discovered their usual routine was going to be disrupted. At 5 a.m. the Transport Workers Union had walked off the job, calling a strike against the Fifth Avenue Coach and New York City Omnibus companies.

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March 9 - The Trans-Alaskan Pipeline Begins

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/03/09

You have likely heard the recent news stories about the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. The national media continues to report as labor, energy groups, environmental and Native American activists all debate the proposed oil pipeline. But did you know that on the day in Labor History, March 9, marked the beginning of another oil pipeline project?

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March 8 - International Women’s Day

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/03/08

You may know that March is Women’s History Month. But do you know why it takes place each March?It all goes back to today in Labor History the year was 1857. That was the day that hundreds of women working in New York City’s garment industry went on strike.

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March 7 - Bloody Ford Hunger Strike

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/03/07

On this day in Labor History the year was 1932. Forever remembered as a tragic day. The nation was in the grip of the Great Depression. As the economy languished, car sales plummeted by 80 percent. Thousands in Detroit found themselves out of work. Breadlines in the city grew longer with each passing day.

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March 6 - The Next Pink Slip Could Be Yours

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2025/03/06

On this day in Labor History the year was 2012. A few thousand artists, activists, teachers and union members lined Broadway in New York City. Each held a pink placard, representing a “pink slip.” As New Yorkers bustled by on their way to work, the protestors stood with their signs from 8:14 in the morning until 8:28.

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March 5 - The Exodusters

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2025/03/05

On this day in Labor History the year was 1879. A steamship named the Colorado, docked in St. Louis. On board were black migrant workers on their way to Kansas in search of jobs and a better life.

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March 4 - Francis Perkins Named Secretary of Labor

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/03/04

This was the day President Franklin Roosevelt named Frances Perkins Secretary of Labor. Secretary Perkins was the first woman to hold a cabinet position in the US Government. Perkins brought to her position years of experience advocating for working people. Born in Boston, Perkins attended Mount Holyoke College. She moved to Illinois to become a teacher.

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March 3 - Congress Passes the Davis-Bacon Act

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/03/03

Are you a trade union worker? Have you ever worked at a “prevailing wage” job site? Then today in Labor History, is an important day for you. The year was 1931. Congress passed the Davis-Bacon Act. This act requires that any new construction or repair of a public building or public works project of more than $2,000 that includes federal funding must pay a “prevailing wage.”

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March 2 - Steelworkers Sign Historic Agreement

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/03/02

On this day in Labor History the year was 1937. The Steel Workers Organizing Committee, and US Steel signed their first, historic labor agreement. Previous efforts to organize steel workers had failed due to the union-busting tactics of the steel mill owners.

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