Sat Sep 18, 1:00 pm

LABOR DAY ... the first Monday in September.

Discuss topics on the background of the labor movement in United States

Discuss the great strikes that gave rise to the labor movement in the United States: the Great Railroad Strike of 1877, the Homestead Steelworkers Strike, the Haymarket Riots, the Rouge River Ford Plant, the Pullman Railcar Strikes.

Recall the organizations and leaders that gave birth to the Labor Movement: the Knights of Labor, the AFL–CIO, Eugene Debs, Walter Reuther, A Philip Randolph, George Meany, the Molly Maguires, Mother Jones, John L. Lewis

Learn the history behind the American Labor movement and one of its proudest achievements: a day dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers.

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