![]() Click here to check out this week's Labor History Today podcast, produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Representatives of the Knights of Labor and the United Mine Workers meet in St. Louis with 20 other organizations to plan the founding convention of the People’s Party. Objectives: end political corruption, spread the wealth, and combat the oppression of the rights of workers and farmers - 1892 Albert Shanker dies at age 68. He served as president of New York City’s United Federation of Teachers from 1964 to 1984 and of the American Federation of Teachers from 1974 to 1997 - 1997 Compiled/edited by Union Communication Services Comments are closed.
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