Tag Archive for ‘labor unions’
“We are not enemies but friends.”
“That there are persons in one section or another who seek to destroy the Union at all events and are glad of any pretext to do it I will neither affirm nor deny; but if there be such, I need address no word to them. To those, however, who really love the Union may I [...]
TODAY IN HISTORY: The Homestead Strike
As bedrock businesses, like the auto industry, are being transformed in the current economy, and American workers come under intense pressure, here’s some “Hidden History” of another financial meltdown. In the late 19th century, labor and industry were fraught with conflict as American business soured. Only back then, the conflict turned deadly. On July 6, [...]
