On this day in Labor History the year was 1868. That was the day that Susan B. Anthony, and a committee on female labor called for a vote for equal pay for equal work at the National Labor Congress. It was the second annual meeting of labor leaders from throughout the country. Anthony had begun publication of a newspaper, The Revolution.
August 13 - Miners Rebel Against Convict Labor System
August 12 - High Stakes in Cannery Organizing
August 11 - The ILWU is Founded
August 10 - Illinois Brotherhoods Join the ‘22 Shopmen Strike
August 9 - Titan II Fire Kills 53
August 8 - Twin Cities Trades Elect First Black President
August 7 - Love Canal
August 6 - Catastrophic Fire at Chevron
August 5 - Funeral March for Frank Little
August 4 - The Night the Lights Went Out on Broadway
August 3 - PATCO Members on Strike
August 2 - Teamsters 574 Defy Martial Law
August 1 - Teamsters 574 Fight for Their Future
July 31 - The Battle of East 140th Street
July 30 - The Mechanics Institute Massacre
July 29 - Sanitation Workers Strike Charlotte
July 28 - The Silent Parade
July 27 - Ginger Goodwin Murdered
July 26 - Battle of the Halsted Street Viaduct
July 25 - Pushing Back Against Wartime No-Strike Pledge
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