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...

Video: “Why Union Members Should Study Labor History”

by Justin | Sep 9, 2020 | Labor History, Video

On September 3, The Teamster Rebel co-hosted an online presentation by labor activist and historian Toni Gilpin. You can watch her presentation in the video...

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...

A Louisville union built its strength as blacks, whites took on International Harvester

by Justin | Sep 7, 2020 | Labor History

“We’re not going to be second-class citizens in the South.” That’s what the 2,000 workers at the sprawling new International Harvester factory — which once stood where planes now take off from Standiford Field — declared in 1947. They objected to the lower pay scale...

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...