On this day in Labor History the year was 1941. That was the day that the generators began to operate at one of the most massive construction projects ever built—the Grand Coulee Dam. The dam generates hydro-power from the Columbia River in Washington State.
July 14 - Happy Birthday Woody!
July 13 - The New York City Draft Riots
July 12 - Oscar Neebe is Born
July 11 - A Trail of Broken Treaties
July 10 - Debs Arrested
July 9 - The Deadliest Commute
July 8 - Machinists Walk Out on the Airlines
July 7 - Fighting Privatization in Puerto Rico
July 6 - The Preacher and The Slave
July 5 - The Match Girls Strike
July 4 - The Guiding Light of Transparency
July 3 - Paterson Child Laborers Strike
July 2 - Denmark Vesey
July 1 - Crushing the Strike
June 30 - The Making of a Strikebreaker
June 29 - The Birth of a Working-Class Hero
June 28 - An Important Step for Labor
June 27 - Helen Keller, Labor Activist, is Born
June 26 - Gov. Altgeld Pardons Surviving Haymarket Prisoners
June 25 - The Haymarket Martyrs’ Monument
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