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This week in Labor History - February 23

W.E.B. DuBois, educator and civil rights activist, born - 1868

This week in Labor History - February 23

This week in Labor History - February 22

Representatives of the Knights of Labor and the United Mine Workers meet in St. Louis with 20 other organizations to plan the founding convention of the People’s Party. Objectives: end political corruption, spread the wealth, and combat the oppression of the rights of workers and farmers - 1892
 

This week in Labor History - February 22

This week in Labor History - February 21

A state law was enacted in California providing the 8-hour day for most workers, but it was not effectively enforced - 1868
 

This week in Labor History - February 21

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This week in Labor History - February 20

This week in Labor History - February 19

American Federation of Labor issues a charter to its new Railroad Employees Department - 1909

This week in Labor History - February 19

This week in Labor History - February 18

One of the first American labor newspapers, The Man, is published in New York City. It cost 1¢ and, according to The History of American Journalism, “died an early death.” Another labor paper, N.Y. Daily Sentinel, had been launched four years earlier - 1834

This week in Labor History - February 18