 This week’s Labor History Today podcast: African American Lumber Workers in the Jim Crow South
William P. Jones on “The Tribe of Black Ulysses: African American Lumber Workers in the Jim Crow South,” plus a letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to AFL-CIO urging the formation of a “Committee on Inquiry Into the Administration of Justice in the Freedom Struggle.” Interviews by Chris Garlock and Alan Wierdak. (Show originally released 2/24/2019) 2020 Bonus: Patrick Dixon on Chaplin’s “City Lights” as a labor film. Last week’s show: Striking Images: Labor on Screen and in the Streets February 24 U.S. Supreme Court upholds Oregon state restrictions on the working hours of women, justified as necessary to protect their health. A laundry owner was fined $10 for making a female employee work more than 10 hours in a single day - 1908 Women and children textile strikers beaten by Lawrence, Mass. police during a 63 day walkout protesting low wages and work speedups – 1912 February 25 Amalgamated Association of Street & Electric Railway Employees of America change name to Amalgamated Transit Union – 1965 - David Prosten Comments are closed.
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