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 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
October 9 - The United Hebrew Trades is Founded
October 8 - The Not So Friendly Skies for Women
October 7 - Happy Birthday, Joe Hill!
October 6 - Québec Autoworkers Walk Off the Job
October 5 - Labor‘s Candidate for NYC Mayor
October 4 - Truman Seizes the Nation’s Oil Refineries
October 3 - Packinghouse Workers Win!
October 2 - Baristas of the World, Unite!
October 1 - Moulding the Future
September 30 - Homestead Strikers Tried for Treason
September 29 - Murdered in Estevan
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