Tag:labor strikes

The Women of the Labor Movement: A Brief History of Mother Jones

Mary G. Harris Jones, or Mother Jones, was a popular labor and union activist in the early 1900s. She was also an advocate of child labor laws.

The Explosive Finale of an Idaho Springs Miner Strike: A brief look at the Colorado Labor Wars

The Western Federation of Miners ignited a wave of union strikes across the state between 1896 and the early 1900s - but the strike at the Sun and Moon mine was perhaps the most deadly.