Today in Labor History—May 25

Anti-Slavery Medallion Produced by Josiah Wedgewood as a Jasper-Ware Cameo at his Pottery Factory

May 25, 1807 –The U.S. slave trade was abolished. (From the Daily Bleed)

May 25, 1871 – The “Bloody Week” assault on the Paris Commune continued. The Left Bank by this point was now in the hands of the reactionaries of Versailles, who were summarily executing the Communards with machine-guns. (From the Daily Bleed)

May 25, 1901 – The Federación Obrera Argentine (FOA) held its founding congress and was attended by workers, socialists and anarchists. (From the Daily Bleed)

Zapatistas in the Battle of Cuautla (1911)

May 25, 1911 --Mexican President Porfirio Díaz resigned after a popular uprising. (From the Daily Bleed)

May 25, 1925 – Labor “racketeers” blew up two “company” houses in which scab coal miners were living during a strike against the Glendale Gas & Coal Company in Wheeling, West Virginia. (From the Daily Bleed)

May 25, 1946 – The railroad strike was settled with terms imposed by President Harry Truman. (From the Daily Bleed)

May 25, 1968 —The May Uprisings were still going on in France, with negotiations beginning in Grenelle between the government and the trade unions. The government was so afraid that soldiers would abandon their posts and fight with the workers and students, that they called up reservists and kept the soldiers in isolation. (From the Daily Bleed)

Today in Labor History—November 6

November 6, 1872 - Suffragist leader Susan B. Anthony received a $100 fine for attempting to vote in a U.S. presidential election. Women did not win the right to vote until 1920. (From Workday Minnesota)

November 6, 1918 – The Kiel mutiny spread to Hamburg and led to the creation of Workers' Councils. Three days later, Berlin followed suit, then all Germany, marking the beginning of the Sparticist Revolution, involving anarchists, socialists and communists. (From the Daily Bleed)

November 6, 1922 – A coal mine explosion in Spangler, Pennsylvania, killed 77 workers. (From the Daily Bleed)

Today in Labor History—September 10

September 10, 1859 – Minneapolis’ oldest union, the Minneapolis and St. Anthony Typographical Union No. 42, was chartered on this date (From Workday Minnesota).

Lattimer  massacre, 1897

 September 10, 1897 - A sheriff and deputies killed 19 striking miners and wounded 40 others in Lattimer, Pennsylvania during a peaceful mining protest. Many of those killed were originally brought in as strikebreakers and who later organized and joined the strike. (From the Daily Bleed andTWorkday Minnesota).

September 10, 1941—Trade union leaders were shot by German firing squads in retaliation for striking. (From the Daily Bleed).

September 10, 1962—The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that James Meredith could be admitted to the University of Mississippi. (From the Daily Bleed).

September 10, 1963—The 20 black children were integrated into Birmingham schools in spite of opposition by the city. (From the Daily Bleed).

Today in Labor History—May 25

Anti-Slavery Medallion Produced by Josiah Wedgewood as a Jasper-Ware Cameo at his Pottery Factory

May 25, 1807 –The U.S. slave trade was abolished. (From the Daily Bleed)

May 25, 1871 – The “Bloody Week” assault on the Paris Commune continued. The Left Bank by this point was now in the hands of the reactionaries of Versailles, who were summarily executing the Communards with machine-guns. (From the Daily Bleed)

May 25, 1901 – The Federación Obrera Argentine (FOA) held its founding congress and was attended by workers, socialists and anarchists. (From the Daily Bleed)

Zapatistas in the Battle of Cuautla (1911)

May 25, 1911 --Mexican President Porfirio Díaz resigned after a popular uprising. (From the Daily Bleed)

May 25, 1925 – Labor “racketeers” blew up two “company” houses in which scab coal miners were living during a strike against the Glendale Gas & Coal Company in Wheeling, West Virginia. (From the Daily Bleed)

May 25, 1946 – The railroad strike was settled with terms imposed by President Harry Truman. (From the Daily Bleed)

May 25, 1968 —The May Uprisings were still going on in France, with negotiations beginning in Grenelle between the government and the trade unions. The government was so afraid that soldiers would abandon their posts and fight with the workers and students, that they called up reservists and kept the soldiers in isolation. (From the Daily Bleed)

Today in Labor History—November 6

November 6, 1872 - Suffragist leader Susan B. Anthony received a $100 fine for attempting to vote in a U.S. presidential election. Women did not win the right to vote until 1920. (From Workday Minnesota)

November 6, 1918 – The Kiel mutiny spread to Hamburg and led to the creation of Workers' Councils. Three days later, Berlin followed suit, then all Germany, marking the beginning of the Sparticist Revolution, involving anarchists, socialists and communists. (From the Daily Bleed)

November 6, 1922 – A coal mine explosion in Spangler, Pennsylvania, killed 77 workers. (From the Daily Bleed)

Today in Labor History—May 25

May 25, 1807 –The U.S. slave trade was abolished. (From the Daily Bleed)

May 25, 1871 – The “Bloody Week” assault on the Paris Commune continued. The Left Bank by this point was now in the hands of the reactionaries of Versailles, who were summarily executing the Communards with machine-guns. (From the Daily Bleed)

May 25, 1901 – The Federación Obrera Argentine (FOA) held its founding congress and was attended by workers, socialists and anarchists. (From the Daily Bleed)

May 25, 1911 --Mexican President Porfirio Díaz resigned after a popular uprising. (From the Daily Bleed)

May 25, 1925 – Labor “racketeers” blew up two “company” houses in which scab coal miners were living during a strike against the Glendale Gas & Coal Company in Wheeling, West Virginia. (From the Daily Bleed)

May 25, 1946 – The railroad strike was settled with terms imposed by President Harry Truman. (From the Daily Bleed)

May 25, 1968 —The May Uprisings were still going on in France, with negotiations beginning in Grenelle between the government and the trade unions. The government was so afraid that soldiers would abandon their posts and fight with the workers and students, that they called up reservists and kept the soldiers in isolation. (From the Daily Bleed)