On this day in Labor History the year was 1906. That was the day the workers at a General Electric plant in Schenectady, New York organized a sit-down strike. It is considered to be perhaps the first time the sit-down tactic was used in the United States.
February 25 - Standing in the Face of Deadly Oppression
February 24 - Fighting for the Health of an Industry
February 23 - Danger Down Below
February 22 - Fighting for a Floor
February 21 - The Elusive Eight-Hour Work Day
February 20 - The National Lawyers Guild is Founded
February 19 - Fighting for Dignity in a Fairy Tale
February 18 - THE MAN Hits the Stands
February 17 - Remembering Florence Kelley
February 16 - Leonora O’Reilly is Born
February 15 - The CIO Purges Its Militants
February 14 - Frederick Douglass is Born
February 13 - The Sons of Vulcan
February 12 - The Most Dangerous Woman in America
February 11 - Sweet Solidarity
February 10 - Solidarity at the Gate
February 9 - Remembering George Lippard
February 8 - Spacemen Strike Back
February 7 - The Sugar That’s Not So Sweet
February 6 - The Seattle General Strike
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