Today in Labor History December 24th

Seventy two copper miners’ children die in panic caused by a company stooge at Calumet, Mich., who shouted “fire” up the stairs into a crowded hall where the children had gathered.  They were crushed against closed doors when they tried to flee - 1913

The Irish Potato Famine, also known as The Great Hunger, began. The famine caused many Irish people to flee to the United States, where they became a source of workers for factories - 1845

Starbucks baristas walked off the job at hundreds of stores across the United States in a strike to demand a fair contract. The strike was the largest unfair labor practices strike in the coffee chain's history. The union, Starbucks Workers United (SBU), said the strike was in response to Starbucks backtracking on its commitment to negotiate a framework for collective bargaining and resolving unfair labor practices charges - 2024

The United States and Great Britain signed the Treaty of Ghent in Belgium, ending the War of 1812, marking a decline of American dependence on Europe, and stimulating a sense of U.S. nationalism. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. - 1814