June 3, 1900 - The International Ladies’ Garment
Workers Union (ILGWU) was founded. (From Workday Minnesota)
June 3, 1901 – Carpenters
struck for higher wages & union recognition in Ottawa, Canada. (From the Daily Bleed)
June 3, 1910—The Francisco Ferrer Association was
founded in Harlem, by supporters of the educator who had been executed by the
Spanish government the year before. The organization’s goals included founding
libertarian schools throughout the U.S. based on the principals of Francisco
Ferrer.
June 3, 1918 - A federal child labor law that had
been enacted in 1916 was declared unconstitutional. A new version was enacted
on February 24, 1919, but was also later declared unconstitutional. It was not
until the 1930s that child labor provisions were enacted as part of sweeping
labor law reforms, though exploitation of children continues to be a problem in
the United States today). (From Workday Minnesota)
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