Today in Labor History—March 5

Engraving of the Boston Massacre by Paul Revere (from Wikipedia)

March 5, 1770 – The Boston Massacre took place on this date in 1770. As British soldiers quartered in colonists’ homes started taking jobs from local workers, the rope makers started provoking British soldiers, who fired at and killed Crispus Attucks, a multiethnic colonist. They went on to kill 4 others. Attucks is considered the first casualty in the American Revolution. (From Workday Minnesota)

Barricade During Spartacist Uprising (from Wikipedia)

 March 5, 1871 – Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919) was born on this date in Zamosc, Poland. Together with Karl Liebknecht, she helped found the radical Spartacus League in 1916. After the Spartacist uprising in Berlin, they were both arrested and murdered by German soldiers. (From the Daily Bleed)

Exoduster Handbill (from Center for Teaching American History)

 March 5, 1879 – The first group of black “exodusters” arrived in St. Louis aboard the steamer Colorado on their way to Kansas, which was then considered the “promised land” for jobs. Many were fleeing harsh sharecropper contracts, pass laws, imprisonment and racist violence.
Tennessee cabinetmaker, "Pap" Singleton, who called himself the Father of the Colored Exodus, encouraged the migration by printing handbills. A steamboat strike later slowed the migration, reducing the exodus to a trickle by 1881. (From the Daily Bleed)

March 5, 1917 – Members of the Industrial Workers of the World, (IWW, Wobblies) went on trial in Everett, Washington for being the victims of an assault by a  government sanctioned mob (sheriff-led vigilantes). (From the Daily Bleed)

Today in Labor History—January 15

Rosa Luxemburg

January 15, 1919 – Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebnecht, were murdered by German police. (From the Daily Bleed)

January 15, 1929 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on this date. King once said, "We look around every day and we see thousands and millions of people making inadequate wages. Not only do they work in our hospitals, they work in our hotels, they work in our laundries, they work in domestic service, they find themselves unemployed. You see, no labor is really menial unless you're not getting adequate wages." (FromWorkday Minnesota)

Karl Liebknecht

January 15, 1946 – 260,000 U.S. electrical workers struck against General Electric, Westinghouse and General Motors. (From the Daily Bleed)

January 15, 1978 -- The C.N.T., the Spanish anarchist trade union, held a demonstration drawing 10,000 protesters in Barcelona to oppose the Moncloa pact (which allowed only the communist C.C.O.O and the socialist U.G.T the right to represent workers. (From theDaily Bleed)

January 15, 1997 –A general strike was called by a coalition of South Korean labor unions. The unions claimed that 600,000 workers participated in the strike; the government claimed it was only 100,000. (From the Daily Bleed)

Today in Labor History--January 5

First Negro Labor Convention (From Harpers)

January 5, 1869 -- The First U.S. Negro Labor Convention was held on this date. (From the Daily Bleed)

January 5, 1914 - Ford raised its basic wage from $2.40 for a nine-hour day to $5 for an eight-hour day. (From Workday Minnesota)

Rosa Luxemburg

Karl Liebknecht

January 5, 1919 – The Spartacists, led by Karl Liebknecht & Rosa Luxemburg, led a revolt to renew the November revolution lasting 6 days (in Berlin). Both Liebknecht and Luxemburg were murdered by the so-called "democratic" left on January 15th. (From the Daily Bleed)

  

January 5, 1970 - Joseph "Jock" Yablonski, a United Mine Workers reform candidate who tried to unseat President Tony Boyle, was murdered, along with his wife and daughter, in their Pennsylvania home by assassins sent by Boyle who was later convicted of the killing.  (From Workday Minnesota)

Today in Labor History—March 5

Engraving of the Boston Massacre by Paul Revere (from Wikipedia)

March 5, 1770 – The Boston Massacre took place on this date in 1770. As British soldiers quartered in colonists’ homes started taking jobs from local workers, the rope makers started provoking British soldiers, who fired at and killed Crispus Attucks, a multiethnic colonist. They went on to kill 4 others. Attucks is considered the first casualty in the American Revolution. (From Workday Minnesota)

Barricade During Spartacist Uprising (from Wikipedia)

 March 5, 1871 – Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919) was born on this date in Zamosc, Poland. Together with Karl Liebknecht, she helped found the radical Spartacus League in 1916. After the Spartacist uprising in Berlin, they were both arrested and murdered by German soldiers. (From the Daily Bleed)

Exoduster Handbill (from Center for Teaching American History)

 March 5, 1879 – The first group of black “exodusters” arrived in St. Louis aboard the steamer Colorado on their way to Kansas, which was then considered the “promised land” for jobs. Many were fleeing harsh sharecropper contracts, pass laws, imprisonment and racist violence.
Tennessee cabinetmaker, "Pap" Singleton, who called himself the Father of the Colored Exodus, encouraged the migration by printing handbills. A steamboat strike later slowed the migration, reducing the exodus to a trickle by 1881. (From the Daily Bleed)

March 5, 1917 – Members of the Industrial Workers of the World, (IWW, Wobblies) went on trial in Everett, Washington for being the victims of an assault by a  government sanctioned mob (sheriff-led vigilantes). (From the Daily Bleed)

Today in Labor History—January 15

Rosa Luxemburg

Karl Liebknecht

January 15, 1919 – Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebnecht, were murdered by German police.  (From the Daily Bleed)

January 15, 1929 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on this date. King once said, "We look around every day and we see thousands and millions of people making inadequate wages. Not only do they work in our hospitals, they work in our hotels, they work in our laundries, they work in domestic service, they find themselves unemployed. You see, no labor is really menial unless you're not getting adequate wages." (From Workday Minnesota)

January 15, 1946 – 260,000 U.S. electrical workers struck against General Electric, Westinghouse and General Motors. (From the Daily Bleed)

January 15, 1978 -- The C.N.T., the Spanish anarchist trade union, held a demonstration drawing 10,000 protesters in Barcelona to oppose the Moncloa pact (which allowed only the communist C.C.O.O and the socialist U.G.T the right to represent workers. (From the Daily Bleed)

January 15, 1997 –A general strike was called by a coalition of South Korean labor unions. The unions claimed that 600,000 workers participated in the strike; the government claimed it was only 100,000. (From the Daily Bleed)

Today in Labor History—January 5

First Negro Labor Convention (From Harpers)

January 5, 1869 -- The First U.S. Negro Labor Convention was held on this date. (From the Daily Bleed)

January 5, 1914 - Ford raised its basic wage from $2.40 for a nine-hour day to $5 for an eight-hour day. (From Workday Minnesota)

Rosa Luxemburg

Karl Liebknecht

January 5, 1919 – The Spartacists, led by Karl Liebknecht & Rosa Luxemburg, led a revolt to renew the November revolution lasting 6 days (in Berlin). Both Liebknecht and Luxemburg were murdered by the so-called "democratic" left on January 15th. (From the Daily Bleed)

January 5, 1970 - Joseph "Jock" Yablonski, a United Mine Workers reform candidate who tried to unseat President Tony Boyle, was murdered, along with his wife and daughter, in their Pennsylvania home by assassins sent by Boyle who was later convicted of the killing.  (From Workday Minnesota)