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Friday, June 28, 2013

Today in Labor History—June 28

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Frame-Breaking by Luddites, 1812 (Frame-breaking was outlawed in 1721 ) June 28, 1816 –Luddites attacked the Heathcoat and Boden...
Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Today in Labor History-June 18

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June 18, 1918 - The American Federation of Teachers issued a charter to the St. Paul Federation of Women Teachers Local 28, ...
Saturday, June 15, 2013

Today in Labor History—June 15

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June 15, 1381 – Rebel leader Wat Tyler (1350-1381) was executed, Smithfields, London. (From the Daily Bleed ) Aftermath of the first B...
Friday, June 14, 2013

Today in Labor History—June 14

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June 14, 1381 – Wat’s Rebellion continues, with peasant rebels capturing London Bridge and the Tower of London and killing the English C...
Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Today in Labor History—June 11

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Richard II meets the rebels (from Froissart's Chronicles ) June 11, 1381 – A Peasant revolt broke out in England, calling for p...
Sunday, June 9, 2013

Today in Labor History—June 9

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Women's Trade Union League Float, New York Labor Day Parade, 1908 June 9, 1865 - Labor activist Helen Marot was born. ...
Thursday, June 6, 2013

Today in Labor History—June 6

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A Rake's Progress, by William Hogarth, depicting a man's downfall to debtor's prison June 6, 1778 – Debtors prisons we...
Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Today in Labor History—June 4

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1850 – During June of 1850,   Mikhail Bakunin's death sentence in Germany was commuted to life imprisonment. (From the Daily Bleed ) ...
Saturday, June 1, 2013

Today in Labor History—June 1

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June 1 is the day that U.S. labor law officially allows children under the age of 16 to work up to 8 hours per day between the hours ...