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 […]
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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
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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.
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Today in Labor History August 14, 1791: Dutty Boukman led a Vodou ceremony with slaves from Saint Domingue plantations, marking the start of the Haitian Revolution. Marxist writer C. L. R. James wrote the best book on the Haitian Revolution and the creation of the world’s first black republic: “The Black Jacobins,” (1938). Also, be sure to check
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Many Factors Influencing Children’s Mental Health There have been numerous arguments made over the past year and a half that distance learning during the pandemic has had a devastating effect on children’s mental health and cognitive development. These claims have been used to justify sending kids back to crowded classrooms, in spite of the risk
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