Today in Labor History August 27th, 2025

 Filipino Lettuce Cutters Strike

The Voice of Industry was a worker-run newspaper that ran from 1845 to 1848. In 1845 the LFLRA used the Voice of Industry newspaper to gather 2000 signatures for a petition to the Massachusetts statehouse seeking reforms to women’s working and living conditions. - 1845

Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian immigrants accused of murder, are executed in Massachusetts. Their highly publicized trial and execution became a symbol of injustice and sparked protests and strikes across the globe. - 1927

Some 14,000 Chicago teachers who had gone without pay for several months finally collected about $1,400 each. – 1934

Filipino lettuce cutters and mainly white packing shed workers struck the powerful Salinas Valley growers and shippers, demanding union recognition and improved conditions. – 1934

The Farm Workers Organizing Committee, which would later become the United Farm Workers of America, was granted its charter by the AFL-CIO. - 1966