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The following is a timeline of labor history, organizing & conflicts, from the early 1600s to present. Part of a series on: Organized labour; Labour movement.
The Battle of Blair Mountain, August 25, 1921 – September 2, 1921, was the largest labor uprising in United States history. The conflict occurred in Logan County, West Virginia, as part of the Coal Wars, a series of early-20th-century labor disputes in Appalachia.
Labor history is a sub-discipline of social history which specializes on the history of the working classes and the labor movement. Labor historians may concern themselves with issues of gender, race, ethnicity, and other factors besides class but chiefly focus on urban or industrial societies which distinguishes it from rural history .
The history of labor disputes in America substantially precedes the Revolutionary period. In 1636, for instance, there was a fishermen's strike on an island off the coast of Maine and in 1677 twelve carmen were fined for going on strike in New York City. [1]
"Wages and Hours of Labor in Manufacturing Industries, 1890 to 1907" (No. 77) "Review of Labor Legislation of 1908 and 1909" (No. 85) Report of the Industrial Commission on Labor Legislation (vol. v., U.S. Commission's Report) C. D. Wright, Industrial Evolution in the United States (1887) Stimson, Handbook to the Labor Laws of the United States
The first Labor Day celebration in the U.S. took place in New York City on Sept. 5, 1882, when some 10,000 workers marched in a parade organized by the Central Labor Union and the Knights of Labor.
The early Industrial Revolution, which lasted into the mid-19th century, was marked by shift in labor, from an outwork system of labor towards a factory system of labor. Throughout this period, much of the U.S. population remained in small scale agriculture. [22]
1933: Frances Perkins named secretary of labor. History was made in 1933 when Frances Perkins became the first woman ever to serve in a presidential Cabinet position—but the milestone was ...