TODAY’S LABOR HISTORY
Harold Phillips | Published on 3/6/2026
1913: Joe Hill’s song “There Is Power In A Union” appears in “Little Red Song Book,” published by the Wobblies.
1930: With the Great Depression underway, hundreds of thousands of unemployed workers demonstrated in some 30 cities and towns; close to 100,000 filled Union Square in New York City and were attacked by mounted police.
1972: Predominantly young workers at a Lordstown, Ohio GM assembly plant stage a wildcat strike, largely in objection to the grueling workpace: at 101.6 cars per hour, their assembly line was believed to be the fastest in the world.