On this day in labor history the year was 1917, more than 400 Jewish mothers, many carrying their children, marched on City Hall in New York City.
Their cry, which rang out in both Yiddish and English, was “We want food for our children.” On the eve of the U.S. entry into World War I, inflation had sent the cost of food skyrocketing.
November 18 - Atlanta GM Workers Kick Off Sit-Down Strike Wave
November 17 - The Anti-Communist Witchhunt Escalates
November 16 - Using the Law to Crush Organizing
November 15 - Founding of the AFL
November 14 - Founding of the National Women’s Trade Union League
November 13 -The Cherry Mine Disaster
November 12 - The Misery of Chainsaw Al
November 11 - Execution of the Haymarket Martyrs
November 10 - The Benevolent Dictator
November 9 - The Founding of the CIO
November 8 - The New Orleans General Strike
November 7 - The Death of Boulware but not Boulwarism
November 6 - Lincoln Stands with Labor
November 5 - The Birth of a Labor Giant
November 4 - No Milk Today!
November 3 - The Streets Run Wild with Milk
November 2 - Murdered on the Pier
November 1 - America’s First General Strike
October 31 - Mt. Rushmore
October 30 - Another Front in Reagan’s War on Workers
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