All Episodes
Labor History in 2:00 — 159 episodes
June 26 - Governor Altgeld Pardons Surviving Haymarket Prisoners
June 25 - Haymarket Martyrs’ Monument
June 24 - Cutting Corners Cost Lives
June 23 - The Attack on Labor
June 22 - The Cuyahoga River Burns
June 21 - Molly Maguires Hanged in Pennsylvania
June 20 - The 1943 Detroit Anti-Black Race Riot
June 19 - Juneteenth
June 18 - Women Teachers Lead by Example
June 17 - A Horrible Tragedy on the Job
June 16 - London Working Men’s Association is Founded
June 15 - Metal Trades Department Established
June 14 - Miner Shot Dead During Organizing Campaign
June 13 - Trouble in the Ranks
June 12 - Chicago, Hog Butcher for the World
June 11 - Death of an Icon
June 10 - Paid Prep Work
June 9 - McCarthy’s Downfall
June 8 - Shot Down by the Colorado Militia
June 7 - Strike at Loray Mills
June 6 - Mine Owners Riot at Cripple Creek
June 5 - The Marshall Plan
June 4 - Organizing Wisconsin Paper Mills
June 3 - Founding of the ILGWU
June 2 - Fighting to End Contract Labor
June 1 - Against All Odds
May 31 - The Day Rosie the Riveter Died
May 30 - The Memorial Day Massacre
May 29 - Cartoonists on Strike
May 28 - The Sierra Club is Founded
May 27 - Centralia Burns
May 26 - The Mother of All Strikes
May 25 - Hands Across America
May 24 - Victor Reuther is Shot!
May 23 - The Bush Tax Cuts
May 22 - Chicago’s First Teachers’ Strike
May 21 - Truman Seizes the Coal Mines
May 20 - Steel’s First Union Vote
May 19 - Remembering C.L.R. James
May 18 - Birth of the Gray Panthers
May 17 - Brown v. Board of Education
May 16 - The Passing of a Legend
May 15 - Library Workers Unite!
May 14 - Fighting for BEER!
May 13 - Parisian Workers Join the General Strike
May 12 - Fighting & Winning the Eight Hour Day
May 11 - The 1894 Pullman Strike Begins
May 10 - The Fight for Equality
May 9 - Fighting Exploitation
May 8 - Organizing the Rails
May 7 - Bloody Tuesday
May 6 - Taking an Ax to Poverty Wages
May 5 - The Battle of Harlan
May 4 - The Day that Changed the World
May 3 - Voice of the Movement
May 2 - Birth of a Labor Pioneer
May 1 - MAYDAY - International Workers Day
April 30 - Regulating Obstruction and Intimidation
April 29 - The Mine Wars Get Ugly
April 28 - Merging for Strength
April 27 - The Fight for a Life
April 26 - In the Streets for Jobs
April 25 - The Fight for Equality
April 24 - ILWU Strikes for Justice
April 23 - The Canadian Labour Congress is Founded
April 22 - It’s Earth Day
April 21 - The Anaconda Road Massacre
April 20 - The Bravest of Conductors
April 19 - Terrorists Bomb Oklahoma City
April 18 - Labor’s First Lawyer
April 17 - The 1912 Siberian Gold Mine Massacre
April 16 - Another Day in the Class War
April 15 - The American Federation of Teachers is Founded
April 14 - Agricultural Workers Risk Everything to Organize
April 13 - The Laborers Union is Founded
April 12 - The Historic Walkout at Toledo Auto-Lite
April 11 - Terrorists Try to Silence Workers
April 10 - In the Streets Against Cruelty
April 9 - Minneapolis Teachers Fight for all Public Sector Workers
April 8 - Truman Takes Over Steel
April 7 - The Day the Line Went Dead
April 6 - Women Marching Off to Work
April 5 - One Day Longer
April 4 - A Day of Mourning
April 3 - To the Mountaintop
April 2 - The First Woman in Congress
April 1 - Extra! Extra! Read All About It!
March 31 - The Cowboy Strike
March 30 - The Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster
March 29 - The Union of Wall Street
March 28 - Overcoming Division
March 27 - Overriding the NLRB
March 26 - Gompers Embraces Anti-Immigrant Legislation
March 25 - Tragic, Devastating and Preventable
March 24 - Dorothy Height is Born
March 23 - Wobblies on Trial
March 22 - A Big Dam Deal
March 21 - The Beginning of the End of Apartheid
March 20 - The Birth of the Republican Party
March 19 - The Tree of Solidarity
March 18 - Dancing in the Streets
March 17 - The Fight for the Eight Hour Day
March 16 - The Voice of Freedom
March 15 - Bruce!
March 14 - Bread Yes, But Roses Too!
March 13 - UAW Wins in Post-War Strike Wave
March 12 - Gandhi’s Salt March
March 11 - Are You a Luddite?
March 10 - Sharing in the Pain of Struggle
March 9 - The Slovak Strike of 1910-11
March 8 - Industrial Murder in the Mines
March 7 - Remembering Lucy Parsons
March 6 - The Dred Scott Decision
March 5 - The Workers Uprising that Sparked the American Revolution
March 4 - The Seamen’s Act Is Signed into Law
March 3 - William Green is Born
March 2 - Outlawing the Slave Trade
March 1 - Striking for a Better Tomorrow
February 28 - The Price of Demanding Equal Pay
February 27 - A Grave Injustice
February 26 - MADISON!
February 25 - Amsterdam Workers Strike Against Nazism
February 24 - Fighting for the Health of an Industry
February 23 - Danger Down Below
February 22 - Fighting for a Floor
February 21 - The Origins of Labor Day
February 20 - The National Lawyers Guild is Founded
February 19 - Fighting for Dignity in a Fairy Tale
February 18 - THE MAN Hits the Stands
February 17 - Remembering Florence Kelley
February 16 - Leonora O’Reilly is Born
February 15 - The CIO Purges Its Militants
February 14 - Frederick Douglass is Born
February 13 - Sons of Vulcan
February 12 - The Most Dangerous Woman in America
February 11 - Sweet Solidarity
February 10 - Solidarity at the Gate
February 9 - Remembering George Lippard
February 8 - Spacemen Strike Back
February 7 - The Sugar That’s Not So Sweet
February 6 - The Seattle General Strike
February 5 - Shot Down for Standing Up
February 4 - Canal Building in America
February 3 - Wartime Industrial Murder
February 2 - Calling Dr. Blackwell
February 1 - Sitting in at Woolworth’s
January 31 - The End of Slave Labor
January 30 - Chicago Gravediggers End 43 Day Strike
January 29 - President Jackson Sets a Precedent
January 28 - Wisconsin Leads on Unemployment Insurance
January 27 - Working Class Stamps
January 26 - Legislating Money Out of Politics
January 25 - Shays’ Rebellion
January 24 - The Boycott
January 23 - More Labor Than They Planned
January 22 - Knights of Labor Leader, Terrance Powderly is Born
January 21 - The Charleston Five
January 20 - The First MLK Day
January 19 - Gunned Down in Cold Blood