TODAY’S LABOR HISTORY
Harold Phillips | Published on 2/20/2026
1908: Rally for unemployed becomes major confrontation in Philadelphia, 18 arrested for demanding jobs.
1917: Thousands of women march to New York’s City Hall demanding relief from exorbitant wartime food prices. Inflation had wiped out any wage gains made by workers, leading to a high level of working class protest during World War I.
1990: United Mine Workers settle 10-month Pittston strike in Virginia, Kentucky and West Virginia.