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This Day in Labor History: December 5, 1894. Alabama repealed its child labor law in order to convince the Dwight Manufacturing Company, a textile corporation, to move its mill operations

This Day in Labor History: December 1, 1868. A young black former Union soldier named John Henry was among a group of convicts sent from Richmond to West Virginia to

This Day in Labor History: November 28, 1901. A Cuban cigar workers strike in Tampa collapses. Let's use this to talk about transnational organizing in favor of Cuban nationalism! Tampa

This Day in Labor History: November 27, 1937. The International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) debuted its play “Pins and Needles,” which would become the longest running musical of the

This Day in Labor History: November 19, 1915. Utah executes the IWW organizer and songwriter Joe Hill for a murder he did not commit. Let's talk about this iconic labor

This Day in Labor History: November 9, 1935. The Committee for Industrial Organization (later the Congress of Industrial Organizations) was created. Let's talk about how the labor movement finally moved

This Day in Labor History: November 7, 1861. The U.S. Army occupied the South Carolina sea islands. Suddenly having to deal with the existence of thousands of slaves with no

The biggest difference between Stacey Abrams and Rev. Barber on one hand and Bernie on the other hand is that the former see all this as a civil rights struggle

This Day in Labor History: November 2, 1909. The Industrial Workers of the World called a free speech strike in Spokane, Washington. Let's talk about this iconic moment and think

This Day in Labor History: August 22, 1945. Five airline stewardesses, as they were then called, formed the Air Line Stewardesses Association. Let's talk about the development of unionism for

Unlike elitist Glenn Greenwald, I grew up working class, son of a plywood mill worker and 1st generation college graduate. And unlike Glenn, I know that sexually harassing girls in

This Day in Labor History: August 9, 1910. The first patent for the electric washing machine is issued. Let's use this as a jumping off point to explore one of

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