TODAY’S LABOR HISTORY - Labor Heritage Foundation 1905: In one of the most controversial decisions in the Supreme Court's history, Lochner v. New York, the Court holds that a law limiting working hours for New York bakery workers is unconstitutional.

TODAY'S LABOR HISTORY

The Lochner era begins

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It is a farce to call farm work "un-skilled".
Not only are farmworkers "skilled", their labor it essential for our survival. All workers must be unionized to end wage theft and workers abuse.
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What I want, is for every greasy, grimy tramp in the country, to arm himself with a knife or a gun, and stationing himself at the doorways of the rich, shoot or stab them as they come out.

-Lucy Parsons, Late 1930s May Day Rally.

We didn’t start this class war!

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