Today in Labor History May 2 Adolf Hitler issued an edict abolishing all labor unions

[Omaha Steve]

May 2

Chicago's first Trades Assembly, formed three years earlier, sponsors a general strike by thousands of workers to enforce the state's new eight hour day law. The one-week strike was unsuccessful - 1867

Birth of Richard Trevellick, a ship carpenter, founder of American National Labor Union and later head of the National Labor Congress, America’s first national labor organization - 1830


First Workers’ Compensation law in U.S. enacted, in Wisconsin - 1911

Pres. Herbert Hoover declares that the stock market crash six months earlier was just a "temporary setback" and the economy would soon bounce back. In fact the Great Depresssion was to continue and worsen for several more years - 1930

In Germany, Adolph Hitler issues an edict abolishing all labor unions, part of his effort to ban any political opposition - 1933

And this:
May 2, 1933 - Adolf Hitler issued an edict abolishing all labor unions. It was part of his effort to ban any opposition to his rule.

Labor hstory found here: http://www.unionist.com/today-in-labor-history & here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_05_02_2010

[The Wielding Truth]

1. Frightened Teabaggers should be reminded that unions protect.

[demosincebirth]

2. Thats what the Conservatives would like to do.

[Scuba]

3. Use child labor, pay no benefits, eliminate safety measures... if only we could get rid of the union