Today in labor history Nov 14 protecting 835,000 workers from damage to nervous, urinary and reprodu

[Omaha Steve]

November 14

Trade unions formed the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Organizations, later becoming the AFL. Under the leadership of Samuel Gompers and Peter McGuire, the AFL became the most influential labor organization in the nation - 1881

Women’s Trade Union League founded, Boston - 1903



The American Railway Supervisors Association is formed at Harmony Hall in Chicago by 29 supervisors working for the Chicago & North Western Railway. They organized after realizing that those railroaders working under their supervision already had the benefits of unionization and were paid more for fewer hours - 1934

To “organize workers into a powerful industrial union,” United Mine Workers of America President, John L. Lewis called a meeting in Pittsburgh’s Islam Grotto, founding the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) - 1938

November 14, 1938 - The National Federation of Telephone Workers was founded in New Orleans. It later became the Communications Workers of America, now one of the largest unions in the United States. In 1948, President Harry S Truman visited the CWA convention – becoming the first president ever to attend a union convention.

Jimmy Carter-era OSHA publishes standard reducing permissible exposure of lead, protecting 835,000 workers from damage to nervous, urinary and reproductive systems - 1978

Federation of Professional Athletes granted a charter by the AFL-CIO - 1979