Today in Labor History March 5th, 2025

 

Crispus Attucks

British soldiers, quartered in the homes of colonists, took the jobs of working people when jobs were scarce. On this date, grievances of rope makers against the soldiers led to a fight. Soldiers shot down Crispus Attucks, a black colonist, then others, in what became known as the Boston Massacre. Attucks is considered the first casualty in the American Revolution - 1770

The Davis-Bacon Act went into effect on March 5, 1931. This act required contractors on federally funded construction projects to pay workers the same wages as those in local construction trades - 1931

United Shoe Workers of America merge with Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union - 1979