
Today in labor history: Organizer Ella Reeve "Mother" Bloor born
Bloor investigated child labor in glass factories and mines, and worked undercover in meat packing plants to verify for federal investigators the nightmarish working conditions

Today in labor history: Labor organizer "Mother" Bloor born
On July 8, 1862, labor organizer and leading communist Ella Reeve "Mother" Bloor was born on Staten Island, N.Y.

