Historian Erik Loomis on Deindustrialization in the United States

by Justin | Sep 20, 2020 | Erik Loomis, Labor History

Follow Erik Loomis on Twitter Read Erik Loomis at Lawyers, Guns, & Money     Historian Erik Loomis on This Day in Labor History: September 19, 1977. The Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company shut down its operations, laying off approximately 4,100 workers....

Historian Erik Loomis on Allegheny Textile Strike of 1845

by Justin | Sep 15, 2020 | Erik Loomis, Labor History

Follow Erik Loomis on Twitter Read Erik Loomis on Lawyers, Guns, & Money       Historian Erik Loomis on This Day in Labor History: September 15, 1845. Women working in the Pittsburgh textile mills met in Market Square to discuss the necessity of...

Historian Erik Loomis on the Landrum-Griffin Act

by Justin | Sep 14, 2020 | Erik Loomis, Labor History

Follow Erik Loomis on Twitter Read Erik Loomis on Lawyers, Guns, & Money       Historian Erik Loomis on This Day in Labor History: September 14, 1959. President  Eisenhower signed the Landrum-Griffin Act after actively lobbying for its passage. It...

Historian Erik Loomis on the Watsonville Canning Strike of 1985

by Justin | Sep 9, 2020 | Erik Loomis, Labor History

Follow Erik Loomis on Twitter Read Erik Loomis on Lawyers, Guns, & Money       Historian Erik Loomis on This Day in Labor History: September 9, 1985. The Latina workforce in the large frozen food facilities in Watsonville, California walked out on...

Historian Erik Loomis on Striking Workers’ Victory at the Pressed Steel Car Company in 1919

by Justin | Sep 8, 2020 | Erik Loomis, Labor History

Follow Erik Loomis on Twitter Read Erik Loomis at Lawyers, Guns, & Money     Historian Erik Loomis on This Day in Labor History: September 8, 1919. Workers return to work after victory in the Pressed Steel Car Company strike at McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania...

Historian Erik Loomis on the Avondale Colliery Mine Disaster of 1869

by Justin | Sep 6, 2020 | Erik Loomis, Labor History

Follow Erik Loomis on Twitter Read Erik Loomis at Lawyers, Guns, & Money     Historian Erik Loomis on This Day in Labor History: September 6, 1869. The Avondale Colliery mine near Plymouth, Pennsylvania caught on fire, killing 110 workers. This disaster...