Subcategories - Labor, Unions

  1. Mass Deportations of Mexicans
  2. Massachusetts Adopts the First Minimum-Wage Law in the United States
  3. McKinsey Founds a Management Consulting Firm
  4. The Mexican Constitution Establishes an Advanced Labor Code
  5. Mitsubishi Motors Pays Record Settlement in Sexual Harassment Suit
  6. Mother Jones
  7. The National Industrial Recovery Act Is Passed
  8. National Labor Relations Act
  9. Nigeria Expels West African Migrant Workers
  10. Nixon Signs the Occupational Safety and Health Act
  11. The Norris-Laguardia Act Adds Strength to Labor Organizations
  12. North Carolina Fire Points to Workplace Hazards
  13. Occupational Safety and Health Act Mandates Safe Workplaces
  14. Owens Valley Farmers Blow Up the Los Angeles Aqueduct
  15. Poland Forms a Non-Communist Government
  16. Poland Outlaws Solidarity and Imposes Martial Law
  17. The Pregnancy Discrimination Act Extends Employment Rights
  18. Professional Baseball Players Go on Strike
  19. Protesters Disrupt Seattle Trade Conference
  20. Pullman Strike
  21. The Railway Labor Act Provides for Mediation of Labor Disputes
  22. Roosevelt Outlaws Discrimination in Defense-Industry Employment
  23. Roosevelt Signs the Fair Labor Standards Act
  24. Simon Publishes Administrative Behavior
  25. Social Security Act
  26. The Social Security Act Provides Benefits for Workers
  27. Solidarity Is Founded in Poland
  28. Solidarity Leads Striking Polish Workers
  29. Solidarity Regains Legal Status in Poland
  30. South African Black Workers Go on Strike
  31. Soviet Farmers are Given Control of Land and Selection of Crops
  32. Squier Founds Muzak
  33. Steel Workers Go on Strike to Demand Improved Working Conditions
  34. The Supreme Court Bans Employment Tests with Discriminatory Effects
  35. Supreme Court Disallows a Maximum Hours Law for Bakers
  36. The Supreme Court Upholds an Affirmative-Action Program
  37. The Taft-Hartley Act Passes over Truman’s Veto
  38. Texaco Settles Racial Discrimination Lawsuit
  39. Tom Peters Gains Prominence as a Writer on Management
  40. The Triangle Factory Fire Spurs Workplace Regulation
  41. Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire
  42. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Prompts Labor Reforms
  43. Truman Orders Seizure of Steel Plants
  44. Truman Orders the Seizure of Railways
  45. The U.S. Government Creates the Department of Commerce and Labor
  46. The U.S. Government Creates the Tennessee Valley Authority
  47. The U.S. Service Economy Emerges
  48. The U.S. Supreme Court Orders the End of Discrimination in Hiring
  49. The U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Minimum Wage Laws
  50. The U.S. Supreme Court Rules on Affirmative Action Programs