On this day in Labor History the year was 1832, American author, Louisa May Alcott was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Alcott is most well known for her classic book Little Women and its two sequels. She also wrote a novel called Work: A Story of Experience.
July 10 - Debs Arrested
July 9 - The Deadliest Commute
July 8 - Machinists Walk Out on the Airlines
July 7 - Fighting Privatization in Puerto Rico
July 6 - The Preacher and The Slave
July 5 - The Match Girls Strike
July 4 - The Guiding Light of Transparency
July 3 - Paterson Child Laborers Strike
July 2 - Denmark Vesey
July 1 - Crushing the Strike
June 30 - The Making of a Strikebreaker
June 29 - The Birth of a Working-Class Hero
June 28 - An Important Step for Labor
June 27 - Helen Keller, Labor Activist, is Born
June 26 - Gov. Altgeld Pardons Surviving Haymarket Prisoners
June 25 - The Haymarket Martyrs’ Monument
June 24 - Cutting Corners Costs Lives
June 23 - The Attack on Labor
June 22 - The Cuyahoga River Burns
June 21 -Molly Maguires Hanged in Pennsylvania
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