Today in Labor History—March 14

Marx's Tomb, Highgate Cemetary, London (Image by JohnArmagh)

March 14, 1883 – Karl Marx died on this date in England, age 64. (From the Daily Bleed)

March 14, 1912 - Textile manufacturers surrendered and gave in to most of the demands made by Lawrence, Massachusetts textile workers. The IWW-organized strike involved 32,000 mostly immigrant women and children and lasted 10 weeks

As we go marching, marching, we battle too for men,
For they are women's children, & we mother them again.
Our lives shall not be sweated from birth until life closes;
Hearts starve as well as bodies; give us bread, but give us roses.

 (From the Daily Bleed and Workday Minnesota)

March 14, 1914 – The United Farmers of Ontario was founded on this date at Toronto's Labor Temple.

March 14, 1944 - TWU organized Philadelphia transit workers into local 234. (From the Daily Bleed)

Today in Labor History—January 11

Blake's "Lovers' Whirlwind" Illustration for Dante's Inferno (from Wikipedia)

January 11, 1804 -- The Sussex Examiner reported that English poet William Blake was tried for sedition for saying "Damn the king and damn his soldiers." (From the Daily Bleed)

January 11, 1908 – A General Strike occurred in Buenos Aires Argentina.(From the Daily Bleed)

New York Modern School, 1911

January 11, 1911 – The first American "Modern School," based on ideas of Francisco Ferrer, was founded by a group including Leonard Abbott, Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman, in New York City. (From the Daily Bleed)

Children of Striking Textile Workers Being Sent to Live With Family in NY

January 11, 1912 – The IWW-organized (Industrial Workers of the World) "Bread & Roses" textile strike of 32,000 women and children began on this date in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The first to walk out were a group of Polish women who, upon collecting their pay, exclaimed that they had been cheated & promptly abandoned their looms. The Strike lasted 10 weeks, beginning after the legislature cut maximum working hours for women and children from 56 to 54 hours per week and the employers cut their pay along with the hours. Many sent their children to live with family or comrades in New York during the strike. The Modern School organizers and parents took in many of these children. (From the Daily Bleed)

January, 11, 1936 – Auto workers engaged in a sit-down strike at General Motors plant in Flint, Michigan. (From the Daily Bleed)

Today in Labor History—March 14

Marx's Tomb, Highgate Cemetary, London (Image by JohnArmagh)

March 14, 1883 – Karl Marx died on this date in England, age 64. (From the Daily Bleed)

March 14, 1912 - Textile manufacturers surrendered and gave in to most of the demands made by Lawrence, Massachusetts textile workers. The IWW-organized strike involved 32,000 mostly immigrant women and children and lasted 10 weeks

As we go marching, marching, we battle too for men,
For they are women's children, & we mother them again.
Our lives shall not be sweated from birth until life closes;
Hearts starve as well as bodies; give us bread, but give us roses.

 (From the Daily Bleed and Workday Minnesota)

March 14, 1914 – The United Farmers of Ontario was founded on this date at Toronto's Labor Temple.

Today in Labor History—January 11

Blake's "Lovers' Whirlwind" Illustration for Dante's Inferno (from Wikipedia)

January 11, 1804 -- The Sussex Examiner reported that English poet William Blake was tried for sedition for saying "Damn the king and damn his soldiers." (From the Daily Bleed)

January 11, 1908 – A General Strike occurred in Buenos Aires Argentina. (From the Daily Bleed)
 

New York Modern School, 1911

January 11, 1911 – The first American "Modern School," based on ideas of Francisco Ferrer, was founded by a group including Leonard Abbott, Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman, in New York City. (From the Daily Bleed)

Children of Striking Textile Workers Being Sent to Live With Family in NY

 January 11, 1912 – The IWW-organized (Industrial Workers of the World) "Bread & Roses" textile strike of 32,000 women and children began on this date in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The first to walk out were a group of Polish women who, upon collecting their pay, exclaimed that they had been cheated & promptly abandoned their looms. The Strike lasted 10 weeks, beginning after the legislature cut maximum working hours for women and children from 56 to 54 hours per week and the employers cut their pay along with the hours. (From the Daily Bleed)

January, 11, 1936 – Auto workers engaged in a sit-down strike at General Motors plant in Flint, Michigan. (From the Daily Bleed)

Leaders of the 1913 Paterson Strike (From left, Patrick Quinlan, Carlo Tresca, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Adolph Lessig, and Bill Haywood)

 January 11, 1943 – Labor organizer and anarchist militant Carlo Tresca was assassinated in New York City by an unknown assailant.  (From the Daily Bleed)

Textile Workers Win Strike--Today in Labor History

March 14, 1912 - Textile manufacturers caved in and conceded most of the demands made by workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The “Bread and Roses” strike was one of the most important labor struggles of the last century as it demonstrated the power of skilled and unskilled workers fighting together.

(From Workday Minnesota)