This date in 1816 marked the first use of term “scab,” by the Albany Typographical Society. The word is used to describe a strikebreaker, a person who works despite an ongoing strike, crossing the picket line and betraying fellow workers…
In 1884, the American socialist leader Norman Thomas was born; be sure to check out this week’s Labor History Today podcast, which features historian Leon Fink talking about Norman Thomas… In 1888, the time clock was invented by Willard Bundy, a jeweler in Auburn, New York. Bundy’s brother Harlow started mass producing them a year later... In 1901, a mine fire in Telluride, Colorado killed 28 miners, prompting a union call for safer work conditions… And on this date in 1968, 78 miners were killed in an explosion at the Consolidated Coal Company’s No. 9 mine in Farmington, West Virginia. Today’s labor quote is by William Faulkner, who said: “Clocks slay time. Time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.” Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. Visit unionplus.org to find out how union members might take advantage of a limited-time wireless offer from AT&T.
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