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TODAY'S LABOR HISTORY

Harold Phillips | Published on 7/20/2026

1899: New York City newsboys, many so poor that they were sleeping in the streets, begin a two-week strike.

1934: Two are killed and 67 are wounded in the Minneapolis truckers' strike’s "Bloody Friday."

1971: Postal unions and the US Postal Service sign the first labor contract in the history of the federal government.


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