Today in Labor History December 4, 2023

 

President Roosevelt announces the end of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), concluding the four-year run of one of the American government's most ambitious public works programs. It helped create jobs for roughly 8.5 million people during the Great Depression and left a legacy of highways and public buildings, among other public gains - 1943

UAW President Walter Reuther elected president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations - 1952

Cesar Chavez jailed for 20 days for refusing to end United Farm Workers' grape boycott - 1970