Workers rights

Worker's Rights Timeline

By jazmindelossantos
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    Building a New Nation

  • British troops kill five dock workers in Boston Massacre

    British troops kill five dock workers in Boston Massacre

  • Laborers protest royal taxation in the Boston Tea Party

    Laborers protest royal taxation in the Boston Tea Party

  • American Revolution begins

    American Revolution begins
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    Struggles for Freedom

  • Seneca Falls women’s rights convention

    Seneca Falls women’s rights convention

  • Abraham Lincoln takes office as president and Civil War begins

    Abraham Lincoln takes office as president and Civil War begins

  • President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation

    President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation

  • National Labor Union founded

    National Labor Union founded
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    Origins of Today's Union Movement

  • 15th Amendment to the Constitution adopted; states the right to vote may not be abrogated by color

    15th Amendment to the Constitution adopted; states the right to vote may not be abrogated by color

  • First Labor Day parade in New York City

    First Labor Day parade in New York City
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    The Progressive Era

  • Industrial Workers of the World founded

    Industrial Workers of the World founded

  • Triangle Shirtwaist factory in fire in New York kills nearly 150 workers

    Triangle Shirtwaist factory in fire in New York kills nearly 150 workers

  • Woodrow Wilson takes office as president and appoints the first secretary of labor, William B. Wilson of the Mine Workers

    Woodrow Wilson takes office as president and appoints the first secretary of labor, William B. Wilson of the Mine Workers

  • 19th Amendment to the Constitution gives women the right to vote

    19th Amendment to the Constitution gives women the right to vote
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    Repression and Depression

  • Stock market crashes as stocks fall 40 percent; Great Depression begins

    Stock market crashes as stocks fall 40 percent; Great Depression begins

  • President Franklin Roosevelt proposes New Deal programs to Congress

    President Franklin Roosevelt proposes New Deal programs to Congress
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    Democratizing America

  • Fair Labor Standards Act establishes first minimum wage and 40-hour week Congress of industrial Organizations forms as an independent federation

    Fair Labor Standards Act establishes first minimum wage and 40-hour week Congress of industrial Organizations forms as an independent federation

  • John L. Lewis resigns and Philip Murray becomes CIO president

    John L. Lewis resigns and Philip Murray becomes CIO president

  • U.S. troops enter combat in World War II National War Labor Board created with union members

    U.S. troops enter combat in World War II National War Labor Board created with union members
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    The Fight for Economic and Social Justice

  • Largest strike wave in U.S. history

    Largest strike wave in U.S. history

  • President John Kennedy's order gives federal workers the right to bargain

    President John Kennedy's order gives federal workers the right to bargain

  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis, Tenn., during sanitation workers' strike

    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis, Tenn., during sanitation workers' strike
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    Progress and New Challenges

  • Occupational Safety and Health Act passed

    Occupational Safety and Health Act passed

  • Coalition of Labor Union Women founded

    Coalition of Labor Union Women founded

  • Lane Kirkland elected president of AFL-CIO

    Lane Kirkland elected president of AFL-CIO
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    Recent Times: 2000-2010

  • The Coalition for Labor Union Women (CLUW) celebrates its 30th anniversary.

    The Coalition for Labor Union Women (CLUW) celebrates its 30th anniversary.

  • The AFL-CIO endorses Sen. Barack Obama for U.S. President.

    The AFL-CIO endorses Sen. Barack Obama for U.S. President.

  • Shortly after his inauguration, President Obama signs the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which restored the rights of working women to sue over pay discrimination.

    Shortly after his inauguration, President Obama signs the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which restored the rights of working women to sue over pay discrimination.