This week’s Labor History Today podcast: The Bread Uprising. Last week's episode: MLK at the AFL-CIO in 1961. January 28 First U.S. unemployment compensation law enacted, in Wisconsin – 1932 January 29 Responding to unrest among Irish laborers building the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Pres. Andrew Jackson orders first use of American troops to suppress a labor dispute - 1834 Six thousand railway workers strike for union and end of 18-hour day - 1889 Sit-down strike (photo) helps establish United Rubber Workers as a national union, Akron, Ohio - 1936 Newly-elected President Barack Obama signs the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, making it easier for women and minorities to win pay discrimination suits - 2009 January 30 The Paris Peace Conference establishes the Commission on International Labour Legislation to draft the constitution of a permanent international labor organization, founding the International Labour Organization (ILO). Today, as part of the United Nations, the ILO is charged with drafting and overseeing international labor standards. -1919 - David Prosten Comments are closed.
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