 Click here to check out this week's Labor History Today podcast. On this week's show: Patrick Dixon talks with Harvey Klehr about John Reed, who formed the Communist Labor Party – motto, "Workers of the world unite!" -- in Chicago on August 31, 1919. Our labor history Object of the Week is an American Federation of Labor banner that dates from the late 1800s, not too long after the AFL’s founding. Music this week includes “Workers of the World, Unite!” a song composed in the Soviet Union, and first recorded in 1930; “Song of the United Front” by Bertolt Brecht, and “Workers of the World- Unite!” by The Last Internationale. photo: archivist Ben Blake with the AFL banner; photo by Chris Garlock
Some 14,000 Chicago teachers who have gone without pay for several months finally collect about $1,400 each - 1934 President Truman orders the U.S. Army to seize all the nation's railroads to prevent a general strike. The railroads were not returned to their owners until two years later - 1950 Compiled/edited by Union Communication Services Comments are closed.
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