Subcategories - Work, Employment

  1. The Mexican Constitution Establishes an Advanced Labor Code
  2. Mitsubishi Motors Pays Record Settlement in Sexual Harassment Suit
  3. Mother Jones
  4. The National Industrial Recovery Act Is Passed
  5. Nigeria Expels West African Migrant Workers
  6. Nixon Signs the Occupational Safety and Health Act
  7. The Norris-Laguardia Act Adds Strength to Labor Organizations
  8. North Carolina Fire Points to Workplace Hazards
  9. Occupational Safety and Health Act Mandates Safe Workplaces
  10. Owens Valley Farmers Blow Up the Los Angeles Aqueduct
  11. Parliament Passes the Equal Pay Act of 1970
  12. Poland Forms a Non-Communist Government
  13. Poland Outlaws Solidarity and Imposes Martial Law
  14. The Pregnancy Discrimination Act Extends Employment Rights
  15. Professional Baseball Players Go on Strike
  16. The Railway Labor Act Provides for Mediation of Labor Disputes
  17. Robert Owen
  18. Roosevelt Outlaws Discrimination in Defense-Industry Employment
  19. Roosevelt Signs the Fair Labor Standards Act
  20. Simon Publishes Administrative Behavior
  21. The Social Security Act Provides Benefits for Workers
  22. Solidarity Is Founded in Poland
  23. Solidarity Leads Striking Polish Workers
  24. Solidarity Regains Legal Status in Poland
  25. South African Black Workers Go on Strike
  26. Soviet Farmers are Given Control of Land and Selection of Crops
  27. Squier Founds Muzak
  28. Steel Workers Go on Strike to Demand Improved Working Conditions
  29. The Supreme Court Bans Employment Tests with Discriminatory Effects
  30. Supreme Court Disallows a Maximum Hours Law for Bakers
  31. The Supreme Court Upholds an Affirmative-Action Program
  32. The Taft-Hartley Act Passes over Truman’s Veto
  33. Tom Peters Gains Prominence as a Writer on Management
  34. The Triangle Factory Fire Spurs Workplace Regulation
  35. Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire
  36. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Prompts Labor Reforms
  37. Truman Orders Seizure of Steel Plants
  38. Truman Orders the Seizure of Railways
  39. The U.S. Government Creates the Department of Commerce and Labor
  40. The U.S. Government Creates the Tennessee Valley Authority
  41. The U.S. Service Economy Emerges
  42. The U.S. Supreme Court Orders the End of Discrimination in Hiring
  43. The U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Minimum Wage Laws
  44. The U.S. Supreme Court Rules on Affirmative Action Programs
  45. A U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Allows “Yellow Dog” Labor Contracts
  46. The U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down a Maximum Hours Law
  47. U.S. Unemployment Rate Reaches Lowest Level in Thirty Years
  48. United Farm Workers Joins with AFL-CIO
  49. United Nations Adopts Abolition of Forced Labor Convention
  50. The United States Announces Plans for Immigration Reform