News: AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said that "President Obama eloquently and forcefully advocated for working families throughout his State of the Union Address," on Tuesday night. The president’s focus on raising wages through collective bargaining, better paying jobs, a fairer tax code, fair overtime rules, and expanded access to education and earned leave sent the right message at the right time, Trumka added. So did his embrace of union apprentices and immigrants who want to achieve the American Dream. Now it’s time for politicians to champion a Raising Wages agenda that ties all the pieces of economic and social justice together, said Trumka.
Here’s today’s labor history: On this date in 1826, Indian field hands at San Juan Capistrano mission refused to work, engaging in what was probably the first farm worker strike in California In 1849, Terence V. Powderly, leader of the Knights of Labor, was born. On this date in 1890, the United Mine Workers of America was founded in Columbus, Ohio, with the merger of the Knights of Labor Trade Assembly No. 135 and the National Progressive Miners Union. And in 1932, five hundred New York City tenants battled police to prevent evictions Today’s labor quote is by Terence V. Powderly: “The necessity for organization among producers becomes clearly discernible when one takes note of the tendencies toward centralization of power in the hands of those who control the wealth of the country.” This quote is from Powderly’s autobiography, published 125 years ago in 1889.
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