2015 Event The U.K. Labor Party elects left-wing Jeremy Corbyn as its new leader; Corbyn promises to address poverty and economic inequality 2015 Event Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi encounters resistance to proposed labor reforms as 150 million workers go on strike for a day in protest; Modi is seeking to make the Indian business environment more attractive to investment by foreign companies 2015 Event The U.S. National Labor Relations Board rules that recycler Browning-Ferris has employer responsibility for contract workers supplied by an agency; the ruling may imply similar liability for franchise companies such as McDonalds 2014 Event 24-year-old Matthew Miller, one of three Americans currently held in North Korea, has been convicted of unlawful entry into the country for the purpose of spying; he has been sentenced to six years of hard labor 2014 Event Samsung temporarily suspends operations with supplier Dongguan Shinyang Electronics Co after allegations of child labor; Samsung is conducting an investigation 2014 Event Labor unions of workers in the public sector went on strike across the U.K. to protest wage increases below the rate of inflation; unions claim that over one million workers participated 2014 Event Football players at Northwestern University cast votes on whether to form a union; the players were ruled last month to be university employees by the National Labor Relations Board, giving the students the right to organize 2013 Event As part of an effort to protect human rights, China's CPC Central Committee announces a plan to abolish its 'reeducation through labor system' which began in the 1950s 2013 Event Australia's outgoing Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announces he isn't seeking re-election as the leader of the Labor Party 2013 Event The new leader of the Australian Labor Party is former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who won over incumbent Julia Gillard 2011 Event At its conference in Sydney, Australia's Labor Party turns to support gay marriage, laying the groundwork for legislation 2011 Event South Australia swears in their new Premier, Jay Weatherill after officially electing him as the leader of the Australian Labor Party 2010 Event Britain's Labor Party leader Ed Miliband launches a review of the British Labor Party, calling upon activists to help make it the 'People's Party' once again 2008 Death Norman Hogg, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 1983 - 1997, dies after a long illness, at 70 2003 Death Penny Singleton, actress/labor activist, Blondie, dies at 95 1998 Death Joan Lestor, Baroness Lestor of Eccles, politician, Labor Party, teacher, founding editor, Searchlight, anti-fascist magazine, dies 1996 Death David Whitton, politician, Labor party, Member of the Scottish Parliament for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, dies at 44 1995 Death Simon Bailey, Reverend Simon Bailey, priest, Anglican, Labor Party member, socialist historian associates include Dorothy Thompson, J.B. Priestly, E.P Thompson, died while distributing leaflets for the Labor Party 1994 Death Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist (Plan of Labor, Nobel 1969), dies at 91 1993 Death Alex Lyon, English Labor Lower house leader (1966-83), dies at 61 1992 Death Nico Booken, director (Jewish Labor Social), dies 1992 Event Labor strike at Royal Canadian Mint ends 1989 Event Polish labor union granted legal status 1989 Event 1st independent blue-collar labor union in Communist Hungary forms 1986 Event Democratic Labor Party wins parliamentary election in Barbados 1982 Event Poland bans Solidarity and all labor unions 1980 Event Polish government legalizes independent labor union Solidarity 1980 Event Solidarity labor union in Poland forms 1980 Event Poland's Solidarity labor union forms 1980 Death George Meany, labor leader, dies at 86 1979 Death Asa Philip Randolph, labor leader and civil rights pioneer, dies at 90 1976 Event Owners announce spring training won't open without a labor contract 1970 Event Players and management end labor dispute up minimum salary to $12,000 1967 Event A's drop grievance filed with National Labor Relations against C Finley 1965 Death Frances Perkins, U.S. 1st female minister of Labor (1933-45), dies at 83 1964 Event Teamsters negotiate 1st national labor contract 1961 Event Adam Clayton Powell elected Chairman of House Education and Labor 1960 Event Broadway theaters close, labor dispute between owners and Actors Equity 1958 Birthday Alan Milburn, born in Tow Law, County Durham, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Darlington, served in Cabinet as Secretary of State for Health, resigned, rejoined Cabinet as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1957 Birthday Alan Donnelly, born in England, politician, Labor Party, leader, European Parliamentary Labor Party, 1998 - 2005, founded, serves, as executive chairman of public affairs company, Sovereign Strategy, represents President of Federation Internationale de l'Automobile, at Grand Prix 1955 Birthday Simon Bailey, born in Halifax, England, Reverend Simon Bailey, priest, Anglican, Labor Party member, socialist historian associates include Dorothy Thompson, J.B. Priestly, E.P Thompson 1955 Birthday Nigel Griffiths, born in Glasgow, Scotland, politician, Labor party, Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South 1955 Birthday John Hutton, born in Westcliff-on-Sea, England, politician, Labor Member of Parliament for Secretary of State for Defence 1954 Birthday Michael O'Brien, born in Worcester, England, Mike O'Brien, politician, Labor Party, since 1992, serves as Member of Parliament for North Warwickshire, served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs, became Minister of State for Health Services, 2009 1953 Birthday John Denham, born in Seaton, England, John Yorke Denham, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Southampton Itchen, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, served, then resigned as, Minister of State at the Home Office in 2003, over the Iraq War 1952 Birthday Robert Ainsworth, born in Coventry, England, Robert William Ainsworth, politician, Labor Party, 2009, assumed roles of Secretary of State for Defense, since 1992, serves as a Member of Parliament for Coventry North East 1952 Event Catholic church puts Andre Gides "Labor" on the index 1952 Birthday Andrew Smith, born in Wokingham, Berkshire, England, Andrew David Smith, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Oxford East 1952 Birthday Eveline Herfkens, born in The Hague, Netherlands, Dutch politician, member of the Dutch parliament from 1981 - 1990, served on the Council of the Labor Party 1951 Birthday Chris Smith, born in Barnet, London, Christopher Robert 'Chris' Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, politician, Labor Party, Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, Member of Parliament for Islington South and Finsbury, Cabinet minister, first openly gay MP member, HIV positive 1951 Birthday David Whitton, born in Scotland, politician, Labor party, Member of the Scottish Parliament for Strathkelvin and Bearsden 1951 Birthday John Battle, born in Bradford, England, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Leeds West, attended University of Leeds 1951 Birthday Gordon Brown, born in Govan, Scotland, politician, Labor Party, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Member of Parliament for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, former television journalist 1951 Birthday Gordon Prentice, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, politician, Labor Party, serves as Member of Parliament for Pendle, joined Graham Stringer in calling for resignation of Gordon Brown in July, 2008 1950 Birthday Anthony Lloyd, born in England, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Manchester Central, gay rights supporter, voted against the Iraq War and against renewal of the Trident Nuclear Missile System 1950 Birthday Peter Hain, born in Nairobi, Kenya, politician, Labor Party, Leader of the House of Commons, Cabinet member for Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, Member of Parliament for Neath 1950 Birthday Glyn Ford, born in Gloucester, England, politician, author, Labor Party, member of Gibraltar Socialist Labor Party, Member of European Parliament for South West England, expert on Asia, wrote, 'North Korea on the Brink: Struggle for Survival' 1949 Birthday Owen Arthur, born in Barbados, statesman, politician, Barbados Labor Party, Prime Minister of Barbados 1994 - 2008 1948 Death Peter JM Aalberse, Dutch minister of Labor, dies at 77 1948 Birthday Jimmy Hood, born in Lesmahagow, Scotland, Member of Parliament for Lanark and Hamilton East, Labor Party, worked as a mining engineer 1948 Birthday Peter Mond, born in England, 4th Baron Melchett, Lord Melchett, heir to Sir Alfred Mond's fortune, Labor Party whip, researched cannabis addition, Greenpeace activist 1947 Birthday Lewis Moonie, born in Dundee, England, Baron Moonie, politician, life peer, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Kircaldy 1947 Birthday Adam Ingram, born in Glasgow, Scotland, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for East Kilbride, Stathaven, Lesmahagow 1946 Birthday Robert Reich, U.S. Secretary of Labor, Clinton 1946 Event KVP Labor/Communists win 1st post-WW2 Dutch parliamentary elections 1946 Event Dutch Labor Party (Dutch Social Democratic Party) forms 1946 Event United Mine Workers union rejoins American Federation of Labor 1945 Birthday Clive Hollick, born in Britain, Labor Party, financier, youngest director of Hambros Bank, 1973, CEO, Mills & Allen International, MAI 1945 Event General Belgian Labor Union (ABVV) party forms 1944 Event Begin(ning) Liese-Aktion: werving of labor force for Germany 1944 Event 25,000 Hungarian Jews are loaned to Nazis for forced labor 1943 Birthday Alun Michael, born in Bryngwran, Anglesey, politician, Labor Co-operative party, 1st Secretary for Wales 1999 - 2000 1943 Birthday Ronald Campbell, born in Tynemouth, England, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Blyth Valley 1943 Birthday Eddie McGrady, born in County Down, Northern Ireland, born Eddie Kevin McGrady, Member of Parliament for South Down, founding member of the Social Democratic and Labor Party 1943 Event Dutch men 18-35 obliged to report to labor camps 1943 Event Strike against obligatory labor camps ends, after 200 killed 1943 Event Dutch strike against forced labor in Nazi Germany's war industry 1943 Birthday Win Griffiths, born in Wales, born Winston James Griffiths, politician, Labor Party, served as Member of Parliament for Bridgend, member of the European Parliament, Chairman of Bro Margannwg NHS Trust 1942 Birthday Tessa Blackstone, born in England, Baroness Blackstone, politician, university administrator, Labor Party, life peer, House of Lords, Baroness Blackstone of Stoke Newington in Greater London 1942 Birthday Frank Field, born in Edmonton, London, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Birkhead, served as Minister of Welfare Reform 1942 Event Dutch Jews invoked for "Labor camps" 1942 Event SS murders 200 inmates of Trawniki labor camp 1942 Event National War Labor Board created 1941 Birthday Ann Dore McLaughlin, U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1987 - 1989 1941 Event German occupiers begin youth labor 1940 Event 40 hour work week goes into effect (Fair Labor Standards of 1938) 1940 Birthday Ed Garvey, labor leader, Major League Baseball Players Association 1940 Birthday Anne Campbell, born in England, politician, Labor Member of Parliament for Cambridge, portrayed by Harriet Walter in 10 Days to War, a BBC drama on events leading up to the Iraq War 1939 Birthday Lynn Martin, U.S. secretary of Labor, 1991 - 1993 1939 Birthday Bryan Gould, born in New Zealand, politician, Rhodes Scholar, Labor Member of Parliament for Southampton Test, served as Shadow Chief Secretary 1938 Event U.S. forbids child labor in factories 1938 Birthday Stuart Bell, born in County Durham, England, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough 1938 Birthday Norman Hogg, born in Scotland, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 1983 - 1997 1937 Birthday Alice Mahon, born in Halifax, England, trade unionist, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Halifax 1987 - 2005 1937 Birthday Peter Pike, born in England, born Peter Leslie Pike, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Burnley 1935 Event Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) labor union forms 1935 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt signs National Labor Relations Act 1935 Birthday Tom Pendry, born in England, Baron Pendry, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Stalybridge and Hyde 1970 - 2001 1935 Birthday Paul Flynn, born in Cardiff, Wales, born Paul Philip Flynn, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Newport West 1933 Event Belgian Working people's party accept Henry de Mans Plan of Labor 1933 Event Frances Perkins becomes sec of labor, 1st U.S. woman cabinet member 1933 Event 1st female in cabinet: Francis Perkins appointed Secretary of Labor 1933 Birthday Charles Williams, born in Oxford, England, cricketer, batsman, Labor peer, Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Baron Williams of Elvel 1932 Birthday Eric Varley, born in England, born Eric Varley, Baron Varley of Chesterfield in the County of Derbyshire, politician, Labor Party, Cabinet Minister, Member of Parliament for Chesterfield 1932 Birthday Dennis Skinner, born in Derbyshire, England, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Bolsover, attended Ruskin College, left-wing supporter, homosexual and pro-choice advocate 1931 Birthday Joan Lestor, born in England, Baroness Lestor of Eccles, politician, Labor Party, teacher, founding editor, Searchlight, anti-fascist magazine 1930 Birthday William E. Brock, Sen-D, U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1985 - 1987 1930 Death Sam[uel] van Houten, lib minister (Child labor laws), dies 1930 Birthday Ken Coates, born in Britain, politician, Labor Party, Member, European Parliament 1989 - 1999, chair, Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation 1930 Event Child labor laws established in Belgium 1929 Event Margaret Bondfield becomes 1st Dutch female minister (of Labor) 1928 Birthday Albert Shanker, American labor leader, American Federation of Teachers 1927 Birthday Kenneth Eastham, born in England, politician, Labor Party Member of Parliament for Manchester Blackley 1979 - 1997 1927 Birthday John Gilbert, born in England, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Dudley East, life peer as Baron Gilbert, of Dudley in the County of West Midlands 1927 Birthday Cesar Chavez, born in Yuma, Arizona, farm labor leader, United Farm Workers 1926 Event Railway Labor Act became law 1925 Birthday Roy Hughes, born in Pontllanfraith, Wales, born Royston John Hughes, Baron Islwyn, politician, Labor Party, union organizer, Member of Parliament for Newport, Member of Parliament for Newport East 1924 Death Samuel Gompers, organizer (American Federation of Labor), dies at 74 1924 Event British premier Baldwin cancels Labor contract with U.S.S.R. 1924 Death Josef Labor, composer, dies at 82 1924 Event Child labor laws strengthened in Holland 1924 Event Hitler sentenced to 5 years labor but General Ludendorff acquitted 1923 Birthday Shimon Peres, Israeli Labor Party leader/prime minister 1922 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber votes for child labor laws 1922 Birthday Jef Houthuys, chairman Belgian labor union, ACV 1968-87 1921 Event Supreme Court rules labor injunctions and picketing unconstitutional 1920 Event Farmer Labor Party organized, Chicago 1920 Event U.S. President Wilson makes Communist Labor Party illegal 1920 Birthday Frances K Bairstow, educator/labor relations consultant 1919 Event Labor conference committee in U.S. urges 8-hour work day and 48-hour week 1919 Event John Reed forms American Communist Labor Party in Chicago 1918 Birthday Malcolm Shepherd, born in England, born Malcolm Newton Shepherd, Lord Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd of Spalding, politician, Labor Party, Leader of the House of Lords 1918 Event Supreme Court rules child labor laws unconstitutional 1918 Event U.S. employment service opens as a unit of Department of Labor 1916 Birthday Dorothy Mae Ballard, labor union rep 1916 Event Keating-Owen Act (child labor banned from interstate commerce) 1915 Death Joe Hill, Labor leader/songwriter, executed for murder 1915 Birthday Moe Biller, New York City, labor union officer, AFL-CIO, Postal Workers 1914 Birthday Theodore Kheel, labor negotiator, Fair Employment Practices 1914 Event High Council of Labor forms in Hague Netherlands 1913 Birthday Michael Foot, born Plymouth, England, born Michael Mackintosh Foot, writer, politician, Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition 1913 Birthday Jimmy Hoffa, missing labor leader 1913 Event Department of Commerce and Labor split into separate departments 1912 Birthday Victor Reuther, Wheeling, West Virginia, labor leader 1911 Birthday Leonard Woodcock, labor leader, UAW 1909 Birthday Roy Reuther, Wheeling, West Virginia, labor leader 1909 Event Christian National Labor Workers (CNV) party begins in Netherlands 1908 Birthday James "Jimmy" Johnson, English Labor MP, 1950-59, 64-83 1907 Birthday Walter Reuther, labor leader/president, UAW and CIO 1905 Event Carroll Wright appointed 1st U.S. Commissioner of Labor 1903 Event U.S. Department of Commerce and Labor forms 1895 Event French labor union CGT (Confederation Generale du Travail) forms 1895 Event Oscar Wilde sentenced to 2 years hard labor for being a sodomite 1894 Birthday Fritz Sauckel, German Nazi General of Labor 1894 Birthday George Meany, New York City, labor leader, headed AFL-CIO 1894 Event Labor Day established as a federal employees holiday 1893 Event British Independent Labor Party forms (Keir Hardie as its leader) 1892 Birthday David Dubinsky, labor leader, Freedom Award, 1969 Medal of Freedom 1889 Event Belgium rules on women/child labor law 1889 Birthday Asa Philip Randolph, labor leader, Railroad Porter's Union 1888 Event Congress creates Department of Labor 1887 Event Union Labor Party organized in Cincinnati 1887 Event Oregon becomes 1st U.S. state to make Labor Day a holiday 1886 Event American Federation of Labor (AFL) formed by 26 craft unions Samuel Gompers elected AFL president 1885 Birthday John Curtin, Victoria, Australian PM, Labor, 1941-45 1884 Birthday Rose Schneiderman, New York state department of labor sect, 1937-44 1883 Event 1st state labor union legislation; New Jersey legalizes unions 1882 Event 10,000 workers march in 1st Labor Day parade in New York City 1881 Event American Federation of Labor (AFL) founded (Pittsburgh) 1881 Birthday Eduard C "Edo" Fimmen, Dutch labor leader 1880 Birthday Frances Perkins, 1st woman to hold cabinet-level position, Labor 1878 Event Greenback Labor Party forms (Toledo Ohio) 1877 Event Socialist Labor Party of North America holds 1st national convention 1874 Event Child labor law takes 12 year olds out of work force 1874 Event 1st Chamber accept law against child labor 1874 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber passes child labor law 1873 Birthday William Green, president of American Federation of Labor, 1924-52 1873 Event Dutch socialist Samuel van Wooden demands law against child labor 1871 Birthday Petrus J M Aalberse, Dutch minister of Labor, 1918-25 1869 Event Philadelphia Knights of Labor forms 1869 Event Noble Order of Knights of Labor founded, Philadelphia 1869 Event Colored National Labor Union, 1st Black labor convention 1855 Birthday Eugene V Debs, labor organizer, Socialist presidential candidate 1850 Birthday Samuel Gompers, Dutch/U.S. 1st president, American Federation of Labor 1842 Event Belgium King Leopold I proclaims child labor laws (for 1889) 1842 Birthday Josef Labor, composer 1842 Event 1st U.S. child labor law regulating working hours passed (Mass) 1837 Birthday Sam[uel] van Houten, Dutch, lib, minister, child labor laws 1834 Event 1st U.S. labor newspaper, "The Man," published, New York City 1834 Event President Jackson orders 1st use of U.S. troops to suppress a labor dispute 1787 Event Austrian emperor Jozef II bans children under 8 from labor 1784 Death Cesar F Cassini "the Thury", French astronomer (geodesic labor), dies 1714 Birthday Cesar F Cassini, de Thury, French astronomer, geodesic labor 1648 Event 1st U.S. labor organization forms, Boston Shoemakers
