Historian Erik Loomis on the Construction of the Panama Canal

by Justin | Aug 16, 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: August 15, 1914. The Panama Canal opens. Let’s talk about the labor history of this enormous project. The first real...

Historian Erik Loomis on FDR, the Social Security Act, and the Need to Fight For It Today

by Justin | Aug 15, 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: August 14, 1935. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, bringing the modern welfare state to the...

Historian Erik Loomis on Lockouts, the Knights of Labor, and the Anti-Unionism of American Employers

by Justin | Aug 13, 2020 | Erik Loomis, Labor History

Follow Erik Loomis on Twitter Read Erik Loomis’ work on Lawyers, Guns, & Money   Historian Erik Loomis on This Day in Labor History: August 13, 1887. Leathermakers in Newark, New Jersey, locked out their employees as a strategy to crush the Knights of...

Historian Erik Loomis on South African Mineworkers Challenging the Apartheid State

by Justin | Aug 12, 2020 | Erik Loomis, Labor History

Follow Erik Loomis on Twitter Read Erik Loomis’ work at Lawyers, Guns, & Money   Historian Erik Loomis on This Day in Labor History: August 12, 1946. South African mineworkers went on strike, a critical moment in the struggle against racism and which is...

Historian Erik Loomis on Taylorism and Stopwatch Time Studies

by Justin | Aug 11, 2020 | Erik Loomis, Labor History, UAW History

Follow Erik Loomis on Twitter Read Erik Loomis’ work at Lawyers, Guns, & Money   Historian Erik Loomis on This Day in Labor History: August 11, 1911. Workers at the Watertown Arsenal in Watertown, Massachusetts walked off the job as the scientific...

Historian Erik Loomis on Mike Quill and the Transit Worker Union (TWU)

by Justin | Aug 10, 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: August 10, 1935. Transit Worker Union members descend on a New York jail to demand the release of their leaders, including Mike...