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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
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