1895: Eugene V. Debs imprisoned in Woodstock, Ill. for role in the Pullman strike.
1909: While white locomotive firemen on the Georgia Railroad strike, black replacement workers are whipped and stoned by white citizens. The Engineers union threatens to stop work because their members are being affected by the violence.
1920: The Civil Service Retirement Act of 1920 gives federal workers a pension.
1964: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces the goals of his Great Society social reforms: to bring “an end to poverty and racial injustice” in America.
Want Labor history sent to your inbox every week? Sign up for our free newsletter!