The 1800s Today in Labor History April 2, 1840: Author Emile Zola was born. Zola was most famous for his masterpiece, Germinal. He wrote Germinal between 1884-1885, not long after Anywhere But Schuylkill takes place. The story is a graphic and harsh portrayal of the life of coal miners from that era. Some people believe […]
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Today in Labor History April 1, 1649: Diggers occupied St. George’s Hill, in Surrey, England. They seized the land to hold in common in order to grow food. As a result of their success, other Digger communities followed in other regions. The Diggers are sometimes seen as forerunners of modern anarchism. In 1966, members of
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Today in Labor History March 31 The Scandal Concert, Vienna. Concert goers rioted in frustration over modernist music.
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Today in Labor History, March 30, 1856: The Treaty of Paris was signed, ending the Crimean War. This was one of the first wars utilizing modern weapons, like explosive shells, trains and telegraphs. It was also a really deadly war. Between 350,000 and 420,000 people died in only four years. There were many war profiteers,
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Today in Labor History: March 29, 1852—Ohio prohibited employers from forcing women or children to work more than 10 hours in a day. March 29, 1918—Union buster, Sam Walton, was born in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. Despite his nativist “Buy American” campaign, Wallmart is now the single largest importer of foreign goods in the U.S. March 29,
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