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.
October 29 - Black Tuesday
October 28 - A Gateway to the Future
October 27 - Founding of the National Negro Labor Council
October 26 - Completion of the Erie Canal
October 25 - NY Daily News on Strike
October 24 - The Minimum Wage Law goes into Effect
October 23 - The Cause and Effect of Unskilled Temps
October 22 -The Bosses’ Labor Board Decertifies PATCO
October 21- Organizing in Paradise
October 20 - Merle Travis, Songs of the Working Man
October 19 - In the Streets and at the Shareholder Meetings
October 18 - Walking in Their Shoes
October 17 - The Making of a Monopoly
October 16 - Striking a Blow at Slave Labor
October 15 - Labor’s Magna Carta
October 14 - Labor Standing in Solidarity Against Nazis
October 13 - Delivering a Better Future
October 12 - Bury Me with My Boys in Mt.Olive
October 11 - The Mother Jones Monument is Dedicated
October 10 - Murder in the Fields
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