Booklet

Important Events in American Labor History, 1778-1964

Booklet. 30 page, staple-bound booklet entitled, "Important Events in American Labor History, 1778-1964," published by the U.S. Department of Labor. The blue cover depicts a circular medieval woodcut of two men plowing a field contrasted with a spherical Telstar communications satellite. Within is a detailed time line beginning with printers organizing in 1778 to demand higher wages, and ending with the United Auto Workers strikes in the fall of 1964 during contract renegotiations.