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Labor History Blog July 2024: The Great Railroad Strike of 1877
This month we will talk about the Great Railroad Strike of 1877, which began on July 14 and ended on August 2.There were many railroad strikes during the 1800’s. For…
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Seafood Expo with Taiwanese Fishermen Fighting for Wifi Rights At Sea
By Bruce Tran, Boyle Fellow On March 3rd, 2024, I went to an event outside the annual seafood expo at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. It is here where…
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The Chinese Progressive Association’s 2024 Year of the Dragon Banquet
By Bruce Tran, Boyle Fellow On March 22, 2024, I arrived at the Empire Garden Restaurant in the Chinatown district of Boston for the Chinese Progressive Association’s Annual Award Dinner.…
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Labor Life Update Highlights
Explore the latest Labor Life highlights & photo galleries Video History Project On Friday, May 17th, the Guild welcomed Carol M- Rosenbaum Productions to Braintree to produce a portion of…
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California fines Amazon approximately six million dollars for alleged labor violations
A link to the Washington Post’s coverage of the allegations is below. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/06/18/amazon-fine-labor-law-california
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June 2024 Labor History Blog: The Homestead Strike
by David Kowalski, Former Executive Director of The Labor Guild I cannot go into the Homestead Steel Strike without first setting the stage or the climate of the times. Andrew…
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May 2024 Labor History Blog: May Day
by David Kowalski, Former Executive Director of The Labor Guild This month, I am going to talk about the May Day Riot in Chicago in 1896. Labor is just one…
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CatholicTV Mass For May Day 2024
The Labor Guild was honored to have our Executive Director, Fr. Marc Fallon, C.S.C., say mass live on CatholicTV for the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker/May Day, on Wednesday…
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What Can We Learn From the History of American Labor Law?
by Howard B. Lenow, Founding Partner, Lenow & McCarthy and Labor Guild School Instructor *Disclaimer: The views expressed in this essay are my own and do not necessarily reflect the…
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April 2024 Labor History Blog: The Ludlow Massacre
by David Kowalski, Former Executive Director of The Labor Guild The Gilded Age From the immediate post-Civil War period into the 1900’s we entered what was called the “Gilded Age”.…
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