-
Industrial Revelation
A period of shift in workers which lead to long hours, low wages, poor working conditions and widespread of child labor. -
First Labor Strike
Earliest recorded strike when New York journeymen tailors protested a wage reduction. -
Samuel Gompers
Founder of the American Federation of Labor which advocated for a pragmatic approach to unionism for collective bargaining, better wages, hours and working conditions. -
The Great Depression
Period of time where 12,830,000 people were left unemployed and wage income fell almost 50%. -
Cesar Chavez
Cesar Chavez was a an activist which started organizing workers to march, boycott and fasting to draw attention and justice for farm workers. -
I've Been to the Mountaintop
Speech by Martin Luther King Jr. , where he talks on the struggles of the people face even as he seen the Promised Land. He talks on how everyone should be equal. Which motivated many such as Cezar Chavez to seek change -
Puerto Rican Obituary
Written by Pedro Pietri, the text was made to create a culture consciousness in the Puterto Rican community to empathize that the American dream was only made for a certain kind. He does this by sharing the same story which many have in which there is an alienation in urban life. -
Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper
Poetry written by Martin Espada where the he highlights the hidden cuts which came from the hard work and perfection of work. -
Labor's labors lost? A year after stunning victory at Amazon,unions are stalled
Article reinforcing the decline of unions are the fear which it causes. It goes over how workers want more but they have more to risk from unions then that they would gain. Showing the lowest union records in 2022 with just 10%.