Erik Loomis
Labor and environmental historian. Writer of books, teacher of American horrors, talker on labor movement. Beer, country music, and football are not just for the right wingers. Cats. The West. Music. Graves. Writes at lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
- This Day in Labor History: May 14, 1889. Coal miners met with Kaiser Wilhelm to settle a strike that had brought 100,000 coal workers off the job in the Ruhr Valley. This was the largest coal strike in German history and forced the Kaiser to abandon Bismarck’s policies and introduce labor reforms!!
- This Day in Labor History: May 13, 1888. Brazil abolished slavery. The last nation in the Western Hemisphere to do so, it brought to an end the fundamental labor force of American colonization. Let's talk about this important moment in human history!
- I wonder what happened around January 20 to make the American air system go to shit? Hmmm......
- This Day in Labor History: May 10, 1869. The Transcontinental Railroad was completed when the Central Pacific and Union Pacific lines met at Promontory Point, Utah. Let's talk about the horrible conditions for the Chinese workers who built the western half of the railroad!
- This Day in Labor History: May 8, 1935. Mine Mill leads zinc miners out on strike in the Missouri/Kansas/Oklahoma tri-state border area. This strike was unusual because of the political conservatism of many of the workers. And the union completely lost the strike because the workers rejected it.
