History Fourteen Weeks in Minneapolis: How Local 574 Broke the Citizens Alliance mnhs.orgNinety-two years ago last Saturday, on August 22, 1934, the trucking firms of Minneapolis signed the paper that ended the fight, and an open-shop town became a union town. The Citizens Alliance had ke… Upvotes: 0Downvote Comments: 0Share
guides.loc.govHistory Baltimore, 1866: The First Time Anybody Asked Congress for Eight Hours guides.loc.govWilliam H. Sylvis ran the Ironmoulders' International Union, and a hundred and sixty years ago last Thursday he was down in Baltimore for a meeting he had helped call, alongside William Harding of the… Upvotes: 0Downvote Comments: 0Share
History They Fought It All the Way to the Floor: Social Security Turns 91 archives.govNinety-one years ago this month, on August 14, 1935, Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, and growing old in America stopped being a private problem that each family solved alone or else… Upvotes: 0Downvote Comments: 0Share
zinnedproject.orgHistory Sacco and Vanzetti, Ninety-Nine Years On: The Confession Nobody Wanted to Hear zinnedproject.orgNinety-nine years ago this Sunday, just after midnight on August 23, 1927, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts put a shoemaker and a fish peddler in the electric chair. Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanze… Upvotes: 0Downvote Comments: 0Share
