The Workingman's Advocate of Chicago publishes the first installment of The Other Side,
by Martin A. Foran, president of the Coopers' Int’l Union. Believed to
be the first novel by a trade union leader and some say the first
working-class novel ever published in the U.S. - 1868(Working Words: Punching the Clock and Kicking Out the Jams: Rock stars, poets, filmmakers, activists, novelists, and historians lend their voices to this entertaining collection about the daily grind. From the folk anthems of Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie to the poems of Walt Whitman and Amiri Baraka; from the stories of Willa Cather and Bret Lott to the rabble-rousing work of Michael Moore, and from the White Stripes’ “The Big Three Killed My Baby” to Eminem’s “Lose Yourself,” this great collection touches upon all aspects of working-class life.)
A coalition of Knights of Labor and
trade unionists in Chicago launch the United Labor party, calling for an
8-hour day, government ownership of telegraph and telephone companies,
and monetary and land reform. The party elects seven state assembly men
and one senator - 1886
A 42-month strike by Steelworkers at Bayou Steel in Louisiana ends in a new contract and the ousting of scabs - 1996
California Gov. Gray Davis (D) signs legislation making the state the first to offer workers paid family leave - 2002
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