Today in Labor History: Wildfire kills 78 firefighters
It is believed to be the largest fire in U.S. history and the deadliest until the September 11 attacks in 2001
Today in labor history: 19th amendment, securing right to vote for women, ratified
America's woman suffrage movement was founded in the mid 19th century by women who had become politically active through their work in the abolitionist and temperance movements.
Today in labor history: Workers take part in protest against bank
On this day in 1963, in East St. Louis, Illinois, 200 people - 170 of them female, and majority African-American - engaged in a sit-in protest.
USW rolls out platform, denounces greedy forces out to destroy workers
Delegates adopted a multi-point action platform for coming years to battle what President Gerard called "shrewd, greedy and powerful" forces out to destroy workers.
Today in labor history: Roosevelt signs Social Security Act
In the aftermath of the Great Depression during which poverty encompassed 60 percent of the senior population, Social Security was a major plank of Roosevelt's "New Deal."
Teamsters battle senator’s scheme to lengthen truckers’ hours behind the wheel
"We cannot afford to add to driver fatigue by rolling back hours-of-service regulations, which were carefully crafted over the course of more than two decades."
Today in labor history: Historic Buffalo switchmen's strike
On this day workers on three railroads in Buffalo, New York, went on strike for two weeks, one of the first work stoppages to attempt coordinated actions.
Golden Gate Bridge workers authorize a strike
The 450 workers in the 13 unions that comprise the Golden Gate Bridge Labor Coalition have authorized a strike if a new agreement cannot be reached.
Today in labor history: Zeigfield Follies chorus girls form union
It happened on August 12, 1919. The chorus girls in his Ziegfeld Follies formed their own union, the Chorus Equity Association.
NLRB official: Mercedes breaks labor law at Alabama auto plant
The UAW effort in Alabama is part of the union's new focus on organizing autoworkers at foreign "transplant" plants in the South.
