Tag: workers rights

In the summer of 1909, the strike at the Pressed Steel Car Company in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, had become a scene of hunger, fear, and…

In the autumn of 1919, the nation’s coal fields were tense. Across the country, miners were demanding better wages, shorter hours, and safer working conditions….

In the fall of 1912, the textile city of Lawrence, Massachusetts, was still raw from one of the most famous labor uprisings in American history:…