Today In Labor History: October 18

1648: The “Shoemakers of Boston” - the first labor organization in what would later become the United States - was authorized by the Massachusetts Bay Colony. They were allowed to organize and set industry standards, gaining a monopoly over the sale of shoes in Boston at the expense of rural shoemakers.







1927: IWW Colorado Mine strike; first time all coal fields out.
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