Today in Labor History June 25 Dedication ceremony for The Haymarket Martyrs Monument & much more

[Omaha Steve]

June 25


More than 8,000 people attend the dedication ceremony for The Haymarket Martyrs Monument in Chicago, honoring those framed and executed for the bombing at Haymarket Square on May 4, 1886 - 1893

And this: June 25, 1893 - The Haymarket Martyrs Monument was dedicated at Forest Home Cemetery in Chicago to honor those framed and executed for the bombing at Haymarket Square on May 4, 1886. More than 8,000 people attended the dedication ceremony. At the base of the monument are the last words of Haymarket martyr August Spies: “The day will come when our silence will be more powerful than the voices you are throttling today.”

Fair Labor Standards Act passes Congress, banning child labor and setting the 40-hour work week - 1938

And this: June 25, 1938 - The Wages and Hours (later Fair Labor Standards) act was passed, banning child labor and setting the 40-hour work week. The act went into effect in October 1940 and was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 3, 1941.

At the urging of black labor and civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph, Franklin Roosevelt issues an executive order barring discrimination in defense industries - 1941

And this: June 25, 1941 - At the urging of black labor and civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph, who saw jobs opening up in defense plants but not being offered to blacks, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued an executive order barring discrimination in defense industries.

Congress passes the Smith-Connally War Labor Disputes Act over Pres. Franklin Roosevelt’s veto. It allows the federal government to seize and operate industries threatened by strikes that would interfere with war production. It was hurriedly created after the third coal strike in seven weeks - 1943

21 workers are killed when a fireworks factory near Hallett, Okla. explodes - 1985

Decatur, Ill. police pepper-gas workers at A.E. Staley plant gate one year into the company's two and one-half year lockout of Paperworkers Local 7837 - 1994

Labor history found here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_06_25_2011 & here: http://www.unionist.com/today-in-labor-history