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…

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…

Historian Erik Loomis on the Textile Strikes of 1934

by Justin | Sep 5, 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 5, 1934. The North Carolina governor calls out the National Guard to crush the textile strike. Let’s talk…

Historian Erik Loomis on the Hamlet Fire and Unsafe Working Conditions in the US

by Justin | Sep 3, 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 3, 1991. A chicken factory in Hamlet, North Carolina caught on fire thanks to nonexistent safety procedures,…

Historian Erik Loomis on the Rock Springs Massacre and Class v. Race Identity

by Justin | Sep 2, 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 2, 1885. White miners in Rock Springs, Wyoming killed at least 28 Chinese miners. Let’s talk about the power…

Historian Erik Loomis on George Lippard and the Brotherhood of the Union

by Justin | Sep 1, 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 1, 1849. The Brotherhood of the Union, an early pro-worker organization, formed. Let’s talk about this…