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THIS WEEK IN LABOR HISTORY - OCTOBER 15

President Woodrow Wilson signs the Clayton Antitrust Act—often referred to as "Labor’s Magna Carta"—establishing that unions are not "conspiracies" under the law. It for the first time freed unions to strike, picket and boycott employers. In the years that followed, however, numerous state measures and negative court interpretations weakened the law - 1914
 

THIS WEEK IN LABOR HISTORY - OCTOBER 15

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THIS WEEK IN LABOR HISTORY - OCTOBER 13

American Federation of Labor votes to boycott all German-made products as a protest against Nazi antagonism to organized labor within Germany - 1934
 
More than 1,100 office workers strike Columbia University in New York City. The mostly female and minority workers win union recognition and pay increases - 1985

THIS WEEK IN LABOR HISTORY - OCTOBER 13