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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 1 - One Million British Miners Strike

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/03/01

On this day in Labor History the year was 1912. Nearly one million coal miners went on strike in Great Britain. A period of great labor unrest marked the year leading up to the massive walkout from the mines.

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February 28 - Global Solidarity with 3M Workers

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/02/28

Union solidarity does not know national borders. This was abundantly clear today in labor history, the year was 1986. 450 workers in South Africa walked off the job to support laid off workers in New Jersey.

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February 27 - Criminalization of the Sit-Down

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/02/27

On this day in labor history the year was 1939 and the US Supreme Court ruled that sit-down strikes were illegal. If you are a regular listener of Labor History in 2:00, last month you might have heard how sit-down strikes had become an important tactic for workers during the 1930s.

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February 26 - The Flood at Buffalo Creek

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/02/26

On this day in labor history the year was 1972, marking the day of the Buffalo Creek Flood in West Virginia. The Pittson Coal Company’s coal waste impoundment dam failed during heavy rain causing more than 130 million gallons of water and coal waste to flood the valley below.

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February 25 - Remembering E.D. Nixon

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/02/25

On this day in labor history the year was 1987, marks the death of Edgar Daniel Nixon.Nixon’s leadership in the struggle for black labor and civil rights spanned decades.

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February 24 - The Child Labor Tax Law Passes

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2025/02/24

On this day in labor history the year was 1919, the U.S. Congress passed the Child Labor Tax Law. At the turn of the twentieth century child labor had increasingly become an issue of concern in the United States.

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February 23 - This Land is Your Land

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/02/23

On this day in labor history the year was 1940, in a hotel in New York City, Woody Guthrie penned the original lyrics of his song “This Land is Your Land.”

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February 22 - Historic Sit-In by Memphis Sanitation...

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/02/22

On this day in labor history the year was 1968 and striking sanitation workers staged a sit in at the City Council meeting in Memphis, Tennessee. The striking workers were members of AFSCME Local 1733. They had been on strike for ten days.

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February 21 - The Origins of Labor Day

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/02/21

Across the United States, workers enjoy the first Monday of September as their holiday. Labor Day has become known as a day for family picnics and community parades—but do you know how Labor Day really started?

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February 20 - Women Protest WWI Food Shortages

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/02/20

On this day in labor history the year was 1917, more than 400 Jewish mothers, many carrying their children, marched on City Hall in New York City. Their cry, which rang out in both Yiddish and English, was “We want food for our children.” On the eve of the U.S. entry into World War I, inflation had sent the cost of food skyrocketing.

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February 19 - Do You Know Your Weingarten Rights?

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/02/19

If you are a member of union, you probably know that one of your most important protections as a worker is your “Weingarten Rights.” But do you know the story behind why union workers have those rights? It all started on this day in labor history the year was 1975.

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February 18 - The Royal Indian Navy Revolt

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/02/18

On this day in labor history, the year was 1946 is what is known as the Royal Indian Navy Revolt. The HMS Talwaar was in Bombay Harbor. Indian workers on ship went on strike. They refused orders from the British naval officers.

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February 17 - Yale Students Strike

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/02/17

A current question is which workers are entitled to union representation? Who really gets counted as a worker? Who decides wages, hours, and conditions? These were the questions that divided the campus of Yale University On this day in labor history, the year was 1992.

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February 16 - The Diamond Mine Disaster

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/02/16

On this day in labor history, the year was 1883 marking the deadliest day in Illinois mining history at the time. 74 men and boys lost their lives digging for coal in the Diamond Mine Disaster in Braidwood Illinois.

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February 15 - US Labor Against the War

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/02/15

“We need to spend money on health care, schools, housing--not a war budget.” This was the statement of Fred Pecker, a member of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 6,On this day in labor history, the year was 2003. Fred, who was protesting in San Francisco, was just one of the estimated 10 million people in 800 cities across the globe that protested the U.S. War in Iraq that day.

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February 14 - Jimmy Hoffa is Born

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/02/14

On this day in labor history, the year was 1913, James Riddle Hoffa was born to a coal miner in Brazil, Indiana. Tragedy struck the Hoffa home in 1920 when at age 7 young Jimmy lost his father. In 1924, like many families in Brazil the Hoffa family moved to Detroit, Michigan in search of work.

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February 13 - Writers Take to the Picket Line

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/02/13

If you turned on your T.V. in the winter of 2007-2008, you probably couldn’t find new episodes of your favorite programs. That winter some 12,000 writers represented by the Writers Guild of America took to the picket lines holding a 100 day strike.

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February 12 - John L. Lewis is Born

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/02/12

On this day in labor history, the year was, 1880, labor leader John L. Lewis was born in a company mining camp outside of Lucas, Iowa.His father was a Welsh coal miner, and young Lewis followed in his footsteps entering the Big Hill Mine in Lucas at the age of 17.

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February 11 - NYC Fur Workers Strike Wins Big!

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/02/11

Did you work 40-hours this week? If you did, today is an important day for you! On this day in labor history, the year was 1926 On this day, labor leader Benjamin Gold began what became a general strike of all Furriers in New York City.

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February 10 - A Day of Infamy for Farm Workers

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/02/10

On this day in labor history, the year was1979, Rufino Contreras gave his life to the labor movement. In the Imperial Valley of California the United Farm Workers were engaged in a bitter labor strike against lettuce growers. Shortly before noon, Contreres and six other strikers walked onto a lettuce field owned by Mario Saikhon in an attempt to try talk to a group of 75 scabs brought in to break the strike. Before they could reach the scabs shots rang out.

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