April 15, 1834 –"Bloody Week" ended in Lyon, France, with a blood bath against insurgent silk workers. Several hundred were killed. (From The Daily Bleed)
April 15, 1889 –
Birth of A. Philip Randolph, organizer and president of the
African-American Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. According to
Randolph "The labor movement traditionally has been the haven for the
dispossessed, the despised, the neglected, the downtrodden, and the
poor." Randolph believed in permanent social change, but not without the
direct participation of those affected, including mass demonstrations.
Initially, no African-American newspapers supported his fight to
unionize the Pullman porters. (From Workday Minnesota and The Daily Bleed)
April 15, 1915 – The IWW union Agricultural Workers Organization formed in Kansas City, Mo. (From the Unionist)
April 15, 1919 – The first women-led union, the Telephone Operators Department of IBEW began what would ultimately become a successful six-day strike across New England. (From the Unionist)
April 15, 1951 – The first strike wave against fascist Spain began in the Basque country and spread to Catalonia. Over 100,000 workers from a number of different industries & cities defied the government's order to return to work and risked prison or death. (From The Daily Bleed)
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| A.Phillip Randolph |
April 15, 1902--A peasant uprising in Russia led to the ceasing of wealthy estates and the assassination of the head of the secret police (from the Daily Bleed).
April 15, 1908—L’Ecole
Renovee, the Journal of the International League for the Rational Education
of Children, debuted in Paris. Its founding members included Spanish anarchist
educator Francisco Ferrer, creator of the first Modern Schools, as wells as
Anatole France, Peter Kropotkin, and biologist Ernst Haekel.
April 15, 1915 – The IWW union Agricultural Workers Organization formed in Kansas City, Mo. (From the Unionist)
April 15, 1916 – The American Federation of Teachers was created in Chicago. (From the Unionist)
April 15, 1919 – The first women-led union, the Telephone Operators Department of IBEW began what would ultimately become a successful six-day strike across New England. (From the Unionist)
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| Sacco & Vanzetti |
April 15, 1920
– Two men rob and kill Frederick Parmenter & Alessandro Berardelli,
employees of the Slater & Morrill Shoe Company, in South Braintree,
Massachusetts, making off with the $15,776.51 payroll they were
carrying. The anarchists Sacco & Vanzetti ultimately were blamed for
the robbery, convicted by a kangaroo court and executed. (From The Daily Bleed)
April 15, 1934 – Transport Workers Union was founded. (From the Unionist)
April 15, 1947--Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play in the Major Leagues in the modern era. African Americans had played in the 19th century, before the league had become segregated. (From Workday Minnesota)
April 15, 1951 – The first strike wave against fascist Spain began in the Basque country and spread to Catalonia. Over 100,000 workers from a number of different industries & cities defied the government's order to return to work and risked prison or death. (From The Daily Bleed)
April 15, 1961--CIA arrived at the Bay of Pigs, Cuba, in order to bring unions and workers' rights to the so-called Workers' Paradise.
April 15, 1969--Thousands of welfare recipients marched in New York City to protest cuts to their benefits (from the Daily Bleed).
April 15, 1981--Guatemalan soldiers murdered 69 people in Quiche province (from the Daily Bleed).
April 15, 1982--Guatemalan soldiers murdered 100 children and 73 women in Baja Verapaz (from the Daily Bleed).
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