1600s Today in Labor History August 21, 1680: Pueblo Indians captured Santa Fe from the Spanish. The Pueblo Revolt was an uprising against the Spanish colonizers in the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México. The Pueblos killed 400 Spaniards and drove the remaining 2,000 settlers out of the province. However, the Spaniards reconquered New Mexico 12 years later. One cause of the revolt was […]
Today in Labor History August 21 Read More »
Luddite Corn Market Riot Today in Labor History August 18, 1812: Lady Ludd led the Luddite Corn Market riot of women and boys occurred in Leeds, England. Luddites also rioted in Sheffield against flour and meal sellers. England was suffering huge food shortages and inflation at the time, in part because of the War of
Today in Labor History August 18 Read More »
Today in Labor History August 17, 1861: Coal miners in Australia refused to accept a 20% wage cut and walked out. 1910s Today in Labor History August 17, 1910: Women strikers broke through police lines and demolished a New York garment factory that tried to open in defiance of a strike. Garment workers were toiling
Today in Labor History August 17, 1985 Read More »
Today in Labor History August 16, 1819: Police attacked unemployed workers demonstrating in St. Peter’s Field, Manchester, England. When the cavalry charged, at least 18 people died and over 600 were injured. The event became know as the Peterloo Massacre, named for the Battle of Waterloo, where many of the massacre victims had fought just four
Today in Labor History August 16 Read More »
1900s Today in Labor History August 15, 1906: W.E.B. DuBois demanded equal citizenship rights for African-Americans during the second meeting of the Niagara Movement, saying, “We will not be satisfied to take one jot or little less than our full manhood.” Founders of the movement named it for the “mighty current” of change they hoped to achieve.
Today in Labor History August 15 Read More »