Timeline of labour issues and events


Timeline of trade union history

1600–99

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;1636
;1648
;1661
;1663
;1675
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;1676
;1677
;1684

1700–99

1740s

;1741

1760s

;1768

1770s

;1774
;1778

1780s

;1781

1790s

;1791
;1792
;1794
;1797
;1799

1800–99

1800s

;1805
;1806

1810s

;1816

1820s

;1824
;1824
;1825
;1825
;1827
;1827
;1828
;23 April 1829
;1829

1830s

;1831
;9 January 1831
;11 January 1831
;1832
;1833
, 1792
;1834
;March 1834
;1834
;1834
;1835
;3 July 1835
;1836
;1836
;1836
;1836

1840s

;1840
;1842
;March 1842
;1844
; April 1844
;1847
;1847
;1848
;1848
Founding of the Allgemeine Deutsche Arbeiter-Verbrüderung

1850s

;1850
;July 1851
;1852
;21 April 1856
;1859

1860s

;1860
New England Shoemakers Strike of 1860
;1863
;1864
;1864
;1864 July 21
;1866
;1866
File:NationalColoredUnionConventionHarpersWeekly1869.jpg|thumb|alt=National Colored Union Convention, Harpers Weekly,1869|February 6, 1869 Illustration from Harper's Weekly of the Colored National Labor Union convention in Washington, D.C. Store Web page states: "from Harper's Weekly magazine with 6 x 9 wood-engraved illustration of the National Colored Convention in Session at Washington, D.C."
;1867
;1868
;1868
;1869
, pre-1882. Stephens was a U.S. labor leader. He led nine Philadelphia garment workers to found the Knights of Labor in 1869, a more successful early national union.
;1869
;1869

1870s

;1870
;1872
;1873
;13 January 1874
;1874
;1875
;1875
;1876
;1876
;1876
;1877
;1877
;12 February 1877
;14 July 1877
does not seem to have used its distinctive arm-and-hammer logo until it appeared on the front page of The Workmen's Advocate in 1885.
;1878
;1878
;1878

1880s

;1881
;1881
;1881
;1882
;5 September 1882
;1883
;1883
;1883
;1883
;1884
;1884
;1884
;1884
;1885
;1885
;1885
;1885
;1885
;1885
;1886
;1886
;1886
;1886
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;March 1886
;1 May 1886
;1 May 1886
;1886
;4 May 1886
;22 November 1887
;1887
;1887
;June 1888
;1888
;1888
;1888
;1888
;1889
;1889
;1889

1890s

;1890
;1890
;25 July 1890
;1891
;1891
;1892
;1892
;1892
;6 July 1892
;11 July 1892
;August 1892
;1893
;1893
;1893
;1893
; 1893
;1894
;1894
;7 February 1894
;21 April – June 1894
;11 May – 10 July 1894
;1895
;April 1895
;June 1895
;1895
;1895
;21 September 1896
;10 September 1897
;1898
;1898
;1898
;1899
;1899
;1899
;1899
;1899

1900–99

1900s

;1900
;1900
;1900
;1901
;1901
;1901
;1901
;1901
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;15 May 1902
;1902
;1903
;1903
;1903
;1903
;23 November 1903
;July 1903
;1904
;1904
;1904
;8 June 1904
;1905
;17 April 1905
;1906
;1907
;1908
;1908
;1908
;1908
;1909
;1909
;1909
;1909
;22 November 1909

1910s

;1910
;1910
;1910
;1910
;1 October 1910
;25 December 1910
;1911
;1911
;1911
;1911
;25 March 1911
;1912
;1912
;1912
;1912
;1912
;January–March 1912
;18 April 1912
;7 July 1912
;1913
;1913
;1913
;1913
;1913
;1913
;1913
;11 June 1913
;1914
;1914
;1914
;1914
;5 January 1914
;14 January 1914
, 1916
;20 April 1914
;13 November 1914
;1915
;1915
;1915
;19 January 1915
;25 January 1915
;1916
;1916
;1916
;1916
;1916
;1916
;1916
;1916
;1916
;22 July 1916
;19 August 1916
;7 September 1916
, 1916 November 5
;5 November 1916
;1917
;1917
;1917
;1917
;15 March 1917
;12 July 1917
;1 August 1917
;5 September 1917
;1918
;3 June 1918
;27 July 1918
;1919
;1919
;1919
;1919
;1919
;1919
;1919
;1919
;1919
;1919
; 25 August 1919 Charlotte North Carolina
The Battle of the Barn
James B. Duke and Southern Company break strike by local streetcar motormen and conductors by calling in troops. Five dead. Youngest 17 years old. Nearly two dozen wounded.
;26 August 1919
;19 September 1919
;22 September 1919 – 8 January 1920
;11 November 1919
;22 December 1919

1920s

;1920
;1920
;1920
;1920
;2 January 1920
;19 May 1920
;1921
;1921
;1921
;1922
;1922
;1922
;22 June 1922
;July 1922
;15 November 1922
;1 September 1922
;14 June 1923
;1924
;2 June 1924
;9 September 1924
;1925
;1925
;1 May 1925
, ca. 1900. This mine would become one of numerous assets of the Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation upon its founding in 1928 through corporate acquisitions.
;11 June 1925
;1926
;1926
;1927
;21 November 1927
;1928
;1 April 1929 Loray Mill Strike in Gastonia, North Carolina
;1929
;1929
;1929
;1929

1930s

;1930
;3 February 1930
;14 April 1930
;1931
;1931
;4 May 1931
;14 May 1931
of Nebraska and Representative Fiorello H. La Guardia of New York, both Republicans, were the chief sponsors of the Norris–La Guardia Act
;1932
;1932
;1932
;1932
;1932
;1932
;1932
;1932
;7 March 1932
;2 May 1933
;1933
;1933
;1933
;1933
;1933
;1933
;10 October 1933
;1934
;1934
;1934
;1934
;1934
;1934
;1934
;1934
;May 1934
;5 July 1934
;1–22 September 1934
;1935
;1935
;1935
;1935
;1935
;1935
;1935
;9 November 1935
;1936
;1936
;1936
;1936
;1936
;1936
;1936
;1936
;1937
;1937
;1937
;1937
;1937
, 1937.
;11 February 1937
;30 May 1937
;1938
;1938
;1938
;1938
;25 June 1938
;1939
;1939
;27 February 1939

1940s

;1940
;1940
;1941
;1941
;1941
;1941
;1941
;1941
;20 June 1941
;15 December 1941
;1942
;1942
;1943
;1943
;1943
;1943
;1943
;1944
;28 December 1944
;1945
;1945
;1945
;1945
;1945
;1946
;1946
;1946
;1946
;1946
;1946
;1946
;1 April 1946
;4 October 1946
;1947
;1947
;1947
;20 June 1947
;1948
;20 April 1948
;1949
;1949
;1949

1950s

;1950
;1950
;1950
;1950
;27 August 1950
;1951
;1952
;1952
;1952
;8 April 1952
;1953
;1953
;1953
;1954
;1955
;1955
;April 1955
;5 December 1955
;1956
;1956
;April 1956
;5 April 1956
;1957
;1959
;1959
;14 September 1959
;7 November 1959

1960s

;1960
;1960
;1960
;1962
;1962
;1962
;1 April 1963
;10 June 1963
;1965
;1965
;1966
;27 August–2 September 1966
;1967
;1968
;1968
;May 1968
;1968
;1969

1970s

;1970
;1970
;1970
;5 January 1970
;18 March 1970
, cofounder of UFW|thumb
;29 July 1970
;1971
;1972
;1972
;1972
;1974
;1974
;1974
;1975
;1 October 1975
;1976
;1977
;1977
;1977
;1977
;1978
;1979
;1979
;1979

1980s

;September 1980
;1980
;3 August 1981
;1982
;October 1982
;1983
;1984
;1985
;1985
;1985
;1985
;1986
;1986
;6 October 1986
;1987
;1987
;1989
;1989
;4 April 1989

2000–99

2000s

;14 January 2003
;2006

2010s

19 September 2012

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