Labor & Labor Day

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Labor Leaders
Child Labor, Farm Labor, Immigrant Labor, Labor Day
Strikes, Job Actions & Historic Events
Truckers, Unions, Women, Working Conditions

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May Day: K-12 TLC Guide.

Betanzos, Amalia V.: K-12 TLC Guide.
Bureau of Labor Education, University of Maine.

Canadian National Day of Mourning (April 28): K-12 TLC Guide.
China/U.S. Trade Agreement: K-12 TLC Case Study.
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. State Department.
Democratic Socialists of America.
An Eclectic List Of Events in U.S. Labor History.
Fair Employment Practices Commission (1948): K-12 TLC Guide.

Illinois Labor History Society, Chicago-Kent College of Law:

Chicago Labor History.
Labor History Articles.

Internet Resources in Employment Law and Policy, St. Louis University.
Labor Beat.
Labor Market Information Directory, The Indiana Department of Workforce Development.
LaborNet.
Made in the USA Foundation.
Marketplace:

Employees Have Right to Criticize Work on Social Media.

The National Labor Committee.
National Public Radio:
- America's Most Dangerous Job: 5/3/00 (audio: 4:00).
- Black Unemployment Rates: 1/6/00 (audio: 3:16).
- Can Bosses Do That? Yes They Can.
- Compensation for Nazi Forced Labor: 1/26/01 (audio: 3:15).
- Businesses and Mental Health: 12/13/99 (audio: 4:30).
- The End of 9-to-5: When Work Time Is Anytime.
- Everybody's Working (commentary): 8/16/00 (audio: 2:46).
- Family Leave Unemployment Benefits: 12/1/99 (audio: 3:33).
- Fates of Irish Workers Sealed in Mass Grave.
- Firestone Tire Workers Under Stress: 11/30/00 (audio: 3:00).
- Gender Salary Gap.
- Is Teacher Tenure Still Necessary?
- Japanese Workers and Stress: 5/7/00 (audio: 6:15).
- Jobs of Yesteryear: Obsolete Occupations.
- Labor's Role: Age of Globalization: 11/19/99 (audio: 3:00).
- Labor's Role in 2000 Presidential Election (audio: 4:00).
- Low-Income Workers Share Wealth: 2/1/00 (audio: 7:00).
- Medical Interns and Residents: 11/30/99 (audio: 2:42).
- Nuclear Workers' Compensation: 11/20/99 (audio: 4:30).
- President Obama Signs Lilly Ledbetter Law for Equal Pay.
- Stay-At-Home Dads Grapple with Going Back to Work.
- "The Simpsons" Open 2010 Season with Dark Sweat Shop Satire.
- Tiger Woods Upset with PGA: 11/10/00 (audio: 4:00).
- Why Unions Matter to Democrats: It's Not Just Money.
- Work Ethics and Beliefs: 11/24/99 (audio: 47:00).
- Worker Loyalty on the Decline: 12/25/00 (audio: 3:40).
Nazi-Era Slave Labor: K-12 TLC Guide

The New Deal: K-12 TLC Guide

Older Workers: K-12 TLC Guide.

On-This-Day:
- 10/26/1949: Minimum Wage Raised from $.40/hr to $.75/hr.
The Pendleton Act (1883), U.S. Secretary of State.
Pullman Historic District: "The Perfect Town".
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
U.S. Department of Labor.
Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University.
Whose Labor Day Is It Really?, Communist Party, USA.
World Socialist Web Site.

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Labor Leaders

Leadership: K-12 TLC Guide.
Unions: K-12 TLC Guide.

Chávez, César: K-12 TLC Guide.
Chávez-Thompson, Linda: K-12 TLC Guide.
Debs, Eugene V.: K-12 TLC Guide.
Goldberg, Arthur: K-12 TLC Guide.
Gompers, Samuel: K-12 TLC Guide.
Huerta, Dolores: K-12 TLC Guide.
King, Billie Jean: K-12 TLC.
Luxemburg, Rosa: K-12 TLC Guide.

Meany, George: K-12 TLC Guide.

Mother Jones: K-12 TLC Guide.
Ousmane, Sembčne: K-12 TLC Guide.
Perkins, Frances.
Reuther, Walter: K-12 TLC Guide.
Velasquez, Baldemar: K-12 TLC Guide.
Walesa, Lech: K-12 TLC Guide.

History Channel:

01/05/1970: Body of Murdered Mine Labor Leader Found in PA Farmhouse.

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Child Labor

K-12 TLC Guide to Lewis Hine.

1833: The Factory Act: A Problem Solved?, British National Archives.
Child Labor: A Violation of Human Rights.
Child Labor Deterrence Act.
Child Labor in America: 1908-1912, The History Place.
Child Labour in England: 1750-1900, Spartacus Educational.
Child Labour in India.
"Child Labor in Pakistan", Thinkquest.
Child Labor in Victorian England, Brown University.
Child Labor Laws & School-to-Work Programs, University of California, Berkeley.
Child Labor Requirements in Agriculture, Iowa State University.
Children's Rights Network, Amnesty International.
KidActors.
National Consumers League.
- Child Labor Coalition.
- Internet Resources on Child Labor.
Preventing Deaths and Injuries of Adolescent Workers, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
U.S. Department of Labor:
United Methodist Women:
- Campaign for Children.
- End Child Labor and Sweatshop Abuses.
Who Picks Your Strawberries? Child Labor, California Style, Pacific News Service.

Teacher Resources.

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Immigrant Labor

K-12 TLC Guide to Immigration.

09/021885: 28 Chinese Miners Murdered in Rock Springs, WY: K-12 TLC Guide

MSN Encarta

National Public Radio (audio):

Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants:

2/17/00 (4:00).

2/18/00 (4:00).

AFL-CIO Opposes Guests: 2/17/00 (4:00).

Day Laborers in New York: 5/31/00 (4:30).

Illegal Immigrants & Labor: 4/10/00: (5:15).

Mexican Immigrant Laborers: 2/4//00 (3:15).

Work Visas for Immigrants with Technology Skills:

Industry Demanding Help: 5/31/00 (4:00).

Maybe It's Not a Good Idea: 5/31/00 (4:00).

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Labor Day:

09/05/1882: The First Labor Day:
- History Channel.
- Library of Congress.
- Writer's Almanac.
06/28/1894: U.S. Congress Passes Bill for the Regular Observance of Labor Day in the District of Columbia and the Territories:
- History Channel.
History Channel.

The History of Labor Day.
The History of Labor Day, Hartford Web Publishing.
Holidays at Cyber Grandma's.
Labor Day Celebrations, Traditions, History and Greetings, The Holiday Spot.
Labor Day: How It Came About; What It Means, United States Department of Labor.
The Origins Of Labor Day, PBS NewsHour Online.
What's With This Day Off For Labor Day?, CNN.
The Wilstar Holiday Page.
Workers' Day, African National Congress.
Writer's Almanac.

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Strikes,
Job Actions
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Historic Events

1563: Statute of Apprentices: K-12 TLC Guide.
08/20/1866: National Labor Union (NLU) Calls on Congress to Set 8-hr Work Day:
- History Channel.
- Library of Congress.
  - America's Story.
1877 Railroad Strike: K-12 TLC Guide.

5/4/1886: Haymarket Square Riot: K-12 TLC Guide.

1894 Pullman Strike: K-12 TLC Guide.

03/25/1911: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

09/30/1919: Elaine Arkansas Race Riot: K-12 TLC Guide.

1921: Battle of Blair Mountain: West Virginia Coal Miners Fight to Organize: K-12 TLC Guide:
1934 Dallas Garment Workers' Strike: K-12 TLC Guide.

07/05/1935: Wagner Act:
- History Channel.
1936 Jarrow March (Oct 13 - Nov 3), Wikipedia.

1936-37 Flint Auto Plant Strikes: K-12 TLC Guide.

1938 Fair Labor Standards Act:
- History Channel.
- Lectric Law Library.
- Writer's Almanac.
01/03/1949: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Closed Shops Are Illegal: K-12 TLC Guide:
01/26/1982: British Unemployment Rises to 3M for First Time Since 1930s, BBC.
1993 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): K-12 TLC Guide.

Los Angeles County Employee Strikes: K-12 TLC Guide.
Los Angeles Janitors Strike: K-12 TLC Guide.
Los Angeles Transit Strike: K-12 TLC Guide.
Seattle Newspaper Guild Strike: K-12 TLC Guide.

"The Battle of the Overpass", Detroit News.
History Channel:
- 08/24/1827: Mechanics Gazette, America's 1st Labor Newspaper, Is Published.
- 05/11/1894: Nationwide Pullman Railway Strike Begins.
- 09/04/1894: New York Tailors Protest Sweatshops.
- 10/21/1902: Five-month United Mine Workers Strike Ends with Agreement.
- 11/12/1903: Colorado Attempts to Crush Miners' Strike with State Militia.
- 10/21/1910: Union Bomb Destroys the Los Angeles Times Building: 20 die.
- 12/01/1913: Ford Introduces Assembly Line to Build a Car Every 2.5 Minutes.
- 04/20/1914: Colorado Militia Massacre Striking Coal Miners and Families.
- 01/11/1937: Striking GM Workers Clash with Security Forces.
- 01/19/1944: U.S. Rail Workers Settle Wage Dispute.
- 11/21/1945: UAW Strikes Against General Motors.
- 03/02/1949: Soft Coal Miners Begin Two-week Strike.
- 10/01/1949: 500,000 Steelworkers Strike.
- 09/04/1959: U.S. Congress Passes Labor Reform Act.
- 09/01/1960: Dispute Shuts Down Pennsylvania Railroad for First Time.
- 10/03/1961: UAW Strikes Against Ford Motors.
- 01/13/1966: 13-Day NYC Transit Strike Ends.
- 12/19/1983: Six-Week Greyhound Bus Strike Is Settled.
- 01/13/1994: GTE Announces It Will Cut 17,000 Jobs.
- 12/14/1995: Boeing Machinists End 69-day Strike.
- 08/20/1996: Clinton Administration Boosts Minimum Wage $.90 to $5.15/hr..
Labor and Labor Resources, University of California, Berkeley.
The Library of Congress:
- 10/03/1902: Roosevelt Fails to End Coal Strike.
National Public Radio (audio):
- 08/20/00: Labor Disputes at United Airlines (4:30).
- 08/21/00: Verizon Strike (4:30).
- 08/30/00: Workers Strike Against Raytheon (3:25).
- 09/07/00: Buffalo, NY Teachers on Strike (3:00).
- 09/12/00: Bath, Maine Iron Works Strike (4:17).
- 12/01/00: French Lawyers on Strike (4:30).
- 12/05/00: Teacher Strike & Cell Phone Privacy (5:00).
- 12/05/00: Delta Pilot Work Slowdown (3:00).
- 12/17/00: Detroit's 5-year Newspaper Strike (4:30).
On-This-Day:
- 01/09/1972: British Miners Strike.
- 11/16/1982: NFL Players Strike Settled on 57th Day.
- 09/10/1992: Court Strikes Down NFL Limited Free Agency.

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Truckers

National Public Radio (audio):

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Unions

Labor Leaders: K-12 TLC Guide.

08/15/1919: Boston, Masachusetts Police Vote to Form a Union, Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities.

08/25/1925: Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Founded: First Black Labor Union, PBS.

Actors' Equity.
AFL-CIO.
- Fact Monster.
- United Farm Workers.
- History Channel:
ASCAP: K-12 TLC Guide.

British History: 1700-1920, Spartacus Educational:
- The Labour Movement.
- The Trade Union Movement.
History Channel:
Labor and the Workers' Search for Power, University of Wisconsin.

Marketplace:

Teacher Unions Fight for School Control.

National Football League Players Association.

National Public Radio:
On-This-Day:
Polish Labor Unions: K-12 TLC Guide.
Solidarity: K-12 TLC Guide.

United Mine Workers:

Official Website.

History Channel.

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Working Conditions

American-Run Chinese Factories: K-12 TLC Guide.
Asbestos Contamination: K-12 TLC Case Study.
Black Lung Disease: K-12 TLC Case Study.

01/05/1914: Henry Ford Boosts Minimum Wage to $5 per Day: K-12 TLC Guide.
19th Century British Mining Accident, British National Archives.
American Radio Works:
- Nicaragua "Free Zone".
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. State Department.
Library of Congress:
Muller v. Oregon (1908): K-12 TLC Guide.

National Mine Health and Safety Academy: K-12 TLC Guide.

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
National Public Radio (audio):
- 35-Hour Work Week in France: 1/5/00 (5:29).
- Brazilian Workers Protest: 5/4/00 (3:30).
- Company Offers Naps: 4/7/00 (3:24).
- The Democratic Workplace: 10/02/00 (8:45).
- Ergonomics: 11/12/99 (4:30).
- Ergonomic Standards: 11/22/99 (4:30).
- Ford Workers Get Wired: 1/10/00 (3:03).
- German Welfare System: 1/10/00 (6:15).
- Law Firm Dress Code: 1/5/00 (2:00).
- Mandatory Overtime: 9/3/00 (5:20).
- Merck's Redesigned Workplace: 10/16/00 (8:15).
- OSHA Work-at-Home Standards:
  - 1/4/00 (4:00).
  - 1/5/00 (4:00).
  - OSHA Withdraws Advice: 1/5/00 (2:30).
  - Memo to OSHA: 1/4/00 (2:00).
  - Obstacles of Telecommuting: 1/7/00 (4:35).
- Petroleum Coke Dust: 1/25/00 (4:00).
- Teacher Tensions: Boston/Philadelphia: 9/1/00 (4:30).
- Third-World Sweatshops: 12/6/00 (3:28).
- Worker Burnout: 8/25/00 (6:01).
National Safety Council:
- Agriculture.
- Business/Industry.
- Construction.
- Labor.
Nike Cancels Gifts to University: K-12 TLC Guide.
OSHA's Repetitive Motion Guidelines:
- OSHA.
- National Public Radio (audio):
  - 11/22/99: Repetitive Stress (3:00).
  - 11/23/99: OSHA Ergonomics Proposals (3:28).
  - 11/13/00: Final Report #1 (3:03).
  - 11/13/00: Final Report #2 (3:00).
Radiation Exposure to Nuclear Workers: K-12 TLC Guide.
Working the Salt Mines of West Africa (photoessay), TIME.

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K-12 TLC Guide to Timelines & Chronologies

1866
Aug 20	National Labor Union Calls on Congress for Eight-hour Workday
1996
Aug 20	Clinton Administration Boosts Minimum Wage $.90 to $5.15/hr.