Today in labor history: Congress approves landmark WPA
On April 8, 1935, with the nation in the depths of the Depression, Congress voted to approve the Works Progress Administration.
Today in labor history: Miners at Pittston strike
On this day in 1989, the United Mine Workers began their historic strike against Pittston Coal.
Today in labor history: Memphis 1968, we remember
An assassin's bullet felled the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4, 1968. King had come to Memphis to support a strike by the city's sanitation workers.
Today in labor history: N.J. mill strikers urged to keep fighting
Striking silk mill workers in Paterson, New Jersey were increasingly at odds with police, who repeatedly crushed their efforts to hold rallies.
Today in labor history: Several major strikes happened
Hundreds of workers seeking higher pay and a nine-hour day gathered in the street near the Draper Corp. loom-making plant.
