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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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February 9 - No Nerds, No Birds!

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/02/09

On this day in labor history, the year was 2000, members of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) went on strike against Boeing.

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February 8 - Moral Mondays

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/02/08

Each and every day Labor’s history continues to be written. Such is the case in North Carolina. On this day in labor history, the year was 2014 which saw a massive protest in Raleigh. The protest was part of the “Moral Monday” movement. “Moral Mondays” started off as and continue as a series of protests against new policies enacted by the Republican legislature and governor of North Carolina.

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February 7 - Bull Moose Forces Massacre Striking Miners

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/02/07

On this day in labor history, the year was 1913 law enforcement officers and mining company guards rode on an armored train firing indiscriminately into a tent colony of striking miners and their families at Holly Grove, West Virginia. For nearly a year, what became known as the Paint Creek-Cabin Creek mine wars had raged in the rich coal range of West Virginia?

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February 6 - The Post-War Strike Wave Begins

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/02/06

On this day in labor history, the year was 1919 marking the first day of the week-long general strike in Seattle, Washington. As World War I drew to a close many workers in the city were frustrated by two years without pay increases due to the war.

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February 5 - FMLA Becomes Law

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/02/05

On this day in labor history, the year was 1993, Today marks an important day for all working families in the United States. In an attempt "to balance the demands of the workplace with the needs of families." President Bill Clinton signed the Family Medical Leave Act, or FMLA.

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February 4 - Big Bill Haywood is Born

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/02/04

On this day in labor history, the year was 1869 and we celebrate the birthday of one of the most formidable figures in U.S. labor. “Big Bill Haywood” was one of the founders of the Industrial Workers of the World or IWW in 1905. He was also active in the Socialist Party. Haywood entered the mines at only nine years of age. He became the secretary-treasurer of the Western Federation of Miners in 1900.

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February 3 - NYC Students Boycott Segregation

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/02/03

During this past year, there have been many news stories of students walking out of public schools to protest the practices of community policing. This tactic has deep roots in the Civil Rights Movement. On this day in labor history, the year was 1964 with nearly a half a million African American and Puerto Rican students in New York City, participated in a one-day school boycot

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February 2 - Australian Timber Workers Push Back...

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/02/02

Today in labor history, February 2, 1929 3,000 timber workers in New South Wales, Australia were locked out of their jobs. Australia was in the midst of the Great Depression.

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February 1 - The 1913 Paterson Silk Strike

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/02/01

Today in labor history, February 1, 1913 was the first day of the Paterson, New Jersey silk weavers strike. During the strike than 20,000 silk weavers walked off the job. They strike started at the Doherty Silk Mill.

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January 31 - The First Social Security Check

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/01/31

Today in labor history, January 31, 1940 Ida May Fuller received a check from the U.S. government for $22.54. That may seem like a small amount, but the check represented something much larger.

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January 30 - Saul Alinsky is Born

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/01/30

“What follows is for those who want to change the world from what it is to what they believe it should be.” Those words were penned in the opening paragraph of the book Rules for Radicals, whose author, Saul Alinsky was born today in labor history January 30, 1909.

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January 29 - Rubber Workers Join the Sit-Down Wave

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/01/29

Sometimes you have to sit down in order to stand up for your rights as a worker. That is what workers in the Firestone rubber plant proved in Akron, Ohio today in labor history, January 29, 1936. Akron was the heart of the rubber industry in the United States, employing 40,000 at its peak.

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January 28 - The Rebel Girl

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/01/28

"The only people whose names are recorded in history are those who did something. The peaceful and indifferent are forgotten; they never know the fighting joy of living." Those words were spoken in Seattle by Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, today in labor history, January 28,1917. Flynn certainly embraced the “fighting joy of living,” as a leader in the Industrial Workers of the World. She became a full time organizer for the IWW in 1907.

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January 27 - Samuel Gompers and the Rise of Craft...

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/01/27

Today in labor history, January 27, 1850, renowned labor leader Samuel Gompers was born to a Jewish family in London, England. His family immigrated to the United States in 1863, where Gompers learned the cigar-making trade from his father.

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January 26 - the Amalgamated Meat Cutters is Founded

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/01/26

Today in labor history, January 26, 1897 saw the charter of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union, formed out the merger of seven other unions.

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January 25 - Oh, Mr. Block

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/01/25

After an election, have you ever found yourself scratching your head, wondering why it seems that working people vote for candidates that do not represent their interests? Well, that feeling is nothing new. Back in 1912, Ernest Riebe of the Industrial Workers of the World created a comic strip character, Mr. Block.

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January 24 - A Minimum Level of Dignity

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/01/24

Today in labor history, January 24, 1950 the minimum wage in the United States was raised to 75 cents an hour. This move nearly doubled the minimum wage, from the previous level of 40 cents. 22 million people were eligible for this wage increase. In his statement on the change President Harry Truman declared, “It is a measure dictated by social justice. It adds to our economic strength. It is founded on the belief that full human dignity requires at least a minimum level of economic sufficiency

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January 23 - Remembering Nikolaus Gross

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/01/23

On this date in 1945 Nikolaus Gross was hung in a Berlin prison. Hear why.

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January 22 - The UMWA is Founded

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/01/22

On this day in labor history, the year was 1890 Miners from a number of smaller miner unions gathered in Columbus Ohio to consolidate their ranks and form the United Mine Workers of America.

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January 21 - Steel Workers Join the ‘46 Strike Wave

Labor History in 2:00 ·

2025/01/21

On this day in labor history, the year was 1946. US steel workers staged the greatest walkout in the history of the Steel industry.Nearly 750,000 strikers shut down more than 1,200 steel plants in 30 states.

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