Tag: Unionisation

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18th March 1834: Tolpuddle Martyrs sentenced to transportation to Australia

18th March 2023
Tagged as: Agriculture, Australia, England, Law, Tolpuddle Martyrs, Transportation, Unionisation, Workers

The industrial revolution, combined with the first of the Enclosure Acts, had seen the earnings of poor farmers plummet.

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23rd August 1970: Start of the Salad Bowl Strike, the largest farm worker walkout in U.S. history

23rd August 2020
Tagged as: Agriculture, America, California, Farming, Food, Unionisation, United States

The Salad Bowl Strike, the largest farm worker strike in U.S. history, began in California’s Salinas Valley.

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6th July 1892: The Homestead Strike sees Pinkerton agents fight striking steelworkers

6th July 2020
Tagged as: Industry, Pennsylvania, Strike, Unionisation, United States, USA

Dozens were killed or injured when Pinkerton agents working on behalf of the Carnegie Steel Company fought striking steelworkers in Homestead, Pennsylvania.

Tag: Unionisation

18th March 1834: Tolpuddle Martyrs sentenced to transportation to Australia

23rd August 1970: Start of the Salad Bowl Strike, the largest farm worker walkout in U.S. history

6th July 1892: The Homestead Strike sees Pinkerton agents fight striking steelworkers

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

22nd September 1776: Nathan Hale hanged by the British for spying for the Continental Army during the American Revolution

21st September 1931: Britain abandons the gold standard after Parliament passes the Gold Standard (Amendment) Act

20th September 1973: Billie Jean King defeats Bobby Riggs in the ‘Battle of the Sexes’ tennis match

19th September 1870: The Siege of Paris began during the Franco-Prussian War when the city was encircled by forces of the North German Confederation

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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