June 25

More than 8,000 people attend the dedication ceremony for The Haymarket

Martyrs Monument in Chicago, honoring those framed and executed for the

bombing at Haymarket Square on May 4, 1886 - 1893

Fair Labor Standards Act passes Congress, banning child labor and setting

the 40-hour work week - 1938

At the urging of black labor and civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph,

Franklin Roosevelt issues an executive order barring discrimination in

defense industries - 1941

Congress passes the Smith-Connally War Labor Disputes Act over Pres.

Franklin Roosevelt’s veto. It allows the federal government to seize and

operate industries threatened by strikes that would interfere with war

production. It was hurriedly created after the third coal strike in seven

weeks - 1943

21 workers are killed when a fireworks factory near Hallett, Okla. explodes

- 1985

Decatur, Ill. police pepper-gas workers at A.E. Staley plant gate one year

into the company's two and one-half year lockout of Paperworkers Local 7837

- 1994

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