April 6

Birth of Rose Schneiderman, prominent member of the New York Women's Trade Union League, an active participant in the Uprising of the 20,000, the massive strike of shirtwaist workers in New York City led by the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union in 1909, and famous for an angry speech about the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire: “Every week I must learn of the untimely death of one of my sister workers…Too much blood has been spilled. I know from my experience it is up to the working people to save themselves. The only way they can save themselves is by a strong working-class movement” – 1882

Also on this date: First slave revolt in the U.S. occurs at a slave market in New York City’s Wall Street area. Sympathy strike by Chicago Teamsters in support of clothing workers leads to daily clashes between strikebreakers and armed police against striking workers and their supporters. Strike by minor league umpires begins, largely over money.

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