The Knights of Labor union founded in 1869 took the movement to a new level drawing a national membership. The ethos of the Knights was to include anyone involved in production, which helped its ...
The Knights of Labor union founded in 1869 took the movement to a new level drawing a national membership. The ethos of the Knights was to include anyone involved in production, which helped its ...
Gallup News. “Labor Unions.” History. "Labor Movement." Library of Congress. “Today in History—August 20: 8-Hour Work Day.” American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial ...
The beginning is very warped. The film explores the impact of labor-saving machinery on employment and the economy. As factories ramp up production for defense needs, workers face potential layoffs ...
Race/Ethnicity: Multidisciplinary Global Contexts, Vol. 4, No. 2, Reworking Race and Labor (Winter 2011), pp. 269-283 (16 pages) American Federation of Labor Executive Council Minutes of Meeting, 1912 ...
Unemployment benefits, though, are for persons who have been laid off or otherwise removed from their job by their employer, through no fault of their own. In other words, not a choice. Drawing down ...
The legacy and impact of George Pullman and the Pullman Porters are featured in murals displayed along the Kennedy Expressway.
It marks another key moment of integration between the labor movement and the local Democratic Party. Tobias Higbie, a professor of history and labor studies at UCLA, noted that labor unions have ...
Pioneering farmworker labor activist Ernesto Galarza ... long before some of those now-familiar names in California history, there was a Sacramentan who preached for the rights of farmworkers ...