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This week in Labor History - February 24
U.S. Supreme Court upholds Oregon state restrictions on the working hours of women, justified as necessary to protect their health. A laundry owner was fined $10 for making a female employee work more than 10 hours in a single day - 1908
Women and children textile strikers beaten by Lawrence, Mass., police during a 63-day walkout protesting low wages and work speedups - 1912
Congress passes a federal child labor tax law that imposed a 10 percent tax on companies that employ children, defined as anyone under the age of 16 working in a mine/quarry or under the age 14 in a “mill, cannery, workshop, factory, or manufacturing establishment.” The Supreme Court ruled the law unconstitutional three years later - 1919
CWA Members Take Bargaining Fight to the Governor
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CWA Members Take Bargaining Fight to the Governor
CWA Members Take Bargaining Fight to the Governor
CWA Members Ratify Contract with Frontier Communications
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CWA Members Ratify Contract with Frontier Communications
CWA Members Ratify Contract with Frontier Communications
CWA Canada Learns New Moves for Bargaining