September 2021

1910s-1930s Today in Labor History September 15, 1919: President Coolidge busted the Boston police labor strike. Today in Labor History September 15, 1931: Sailors at Invergordon, Scotland, mutinied over pay cuts. 1960s September 15, 1963: Four members of the local KKK planted 19 sticks of dynamite in the Sixteenth Street Baptist church in Birmingham, Alabama. […]

1840s Today in Labor History September 14, 1843: Lola Rodríguez de Tió, Puerto Rican poet, abolitionist, and women’s rights activist was born. She and her husband became active in the movement against Spanish colonialism on the island. In 1889, the Spanish authorities banished them for their political activities. In exile in New York, she worked with

1840s Today in Labor History September 13, 1843: The Greek Army rebelled against the autocratic rule of king Otto, demanding the granting of a constitution. Large sections of the population supported the uprising. Veterans of the Greek War of Independence led the rebellion. They demanded a new constitution and the departure of the Bavarian officials that dominated the government. They

1500s Today in Labor History September 11, 1541: Indigenous warriors, led by Michimalonco, attacked Santiago, Chile in order to free eight indigenous chiefs that the Spanish were holding captive. Ines de Saurez defended the town. She decapitated one of the warriors herself, and had others decapitated by her soldiers, effectively ending the attack. 1800s Today in

1890s Today in Labor History September 10, 1897: A sheriff and deputies killed 19 striking miners and wounded 40 others in Lattimer mine, near Hazelton, Pennsylvania during a peaceful mining protest. Many of those killed were originally brought in as strikebreakers, but then later organized and joined the strike. The miners were mostly Polish, Lithuanian,