by Justin | Aug 2, 2020 | Erik Loomis, Labor History
Follow Erik Loomis on Twitter Historian Erik Loomis on This Day in Labor History: August 1, 1917. The IWW organizer Frank Little is lynched in Butte, Montana. Let’s talk about this horrible but famous incident! His murder, one of the most famous killings...
by Justin | Jul 29, 2020 | Education, Erik Loomis, Labor History
Follow Erik Loomis on Twitter Historian Erik Loomis on This Day in Labor History: July 28, 1869 — The Daughters of St. Crispin was founded. This was the first national women’s labor union in American history and, while short lived, a great example of...
by Justin | Jul 27, 2020 | Erik Loomis, Labor History, UAW History
Follow Erik Loomis on Twitter Historian Erik Loomis on This Day in Labor History: July 27, 1989. Workers at the Nissan plant in Smyrna, Tennessee, rejected United Auto Workers representation by a 2-1 margin. Let’s talk about the incredible difficulties of...
by Justin | Jul 25, 2020 | Administration Caucus, Erik Loomis, Labor History, UAW History
On May 23, 1950, the United Auto Workers and General Motors came to an agreement that became known as the Treaty of Detroit. This landmark agreement created labor peace in the auto industry but at the cost of the end of the the UAW’s attempt to gain greater control...
by Justin | Jul 24, 2020 | Erik Loomis, Labor History
Follow Erik Loomis on Twitter Historian Erik Loomis on this day in labor history: July 23, 1892. The anarchist Alexander Berkman walked into the office of Carnegie Steel executive Henry Clay Frick with a knife and gun in order to kill him for his actions at...
by Justin | Jul 21, 2020 | Education, Erik Loomis, Labor History
Follow Erik Loomis on Twitter Historian Erik Loomis on This Day in Labor History: July 20, 1891. Militia forces guarding a stockade at a mine near Briceville, Tennessee surrendered to miners during the Coal Creek War to keep convict laborers from competing with...
