March
| March 1, 1886 |
Knights of Labor District Assembly 101 strikes against Jay Gould's
Texas and Pacific Railway, beginning the Great Southwestern Strike. |
| March 3, 1903 |
Colorado City free speech fight. |
| March 3, 1913 |
U.S. Department of Labor formed. |
| March 3, 1931 |
Davis-Bacon passed, guaranteeing "prevailing wage rates" on federal
construction sites. |
| March 7, 1932 |
Ford Hunger March. Dearborn police fire on 3,000 unemployed auto
workers, killing 5 people and injuring 19. |
| March 8 |
International Women's Day. |
| March 12, 1920 |
1,600 Longshoremen in Galveston, Texas, join dockworkers nationwide
in a walkout. |
| March 13, 1938 |
Labor attorney Clarence Darrow dies. |
| March 14, 1912 |
Victory in Bread and Roses textile strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts. |
| March 17, 1917 |
Supreme Court approves 8-hour day act under threat of rail strike. |
| March 17, 1970 |
First nationwide U.S. postal strike. |
| March 17, 1973 |
Artesia, New Mexico, city workers' strike. |
| March 19 |
Feast Day of St. Joseph, patron saint of workers. |
| March 23, 1883 |
Great Cowboy Strike starts. |
| March 23, 1932 |
Norris LaGuardia Act restricts injunctions against unions, bans
yellow dog contracts. |
| March 24, 1974 |
Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) founded. |
| March 25, 1894 |
First "Poor People's March" in Washington. |
| March 25, 1911 |
146 die in New York's Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. |
| March 31, 1883 |
Cowboys in the Texas Panhandle begin strike for higher wages against
5 large cattle ranches. |
| March 31, 1927 |
Cesar Chavez born in Yuma, Arizona. |
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