April 14, 1913

[Omaha Steve]

http://nhlabornews.com/2014/04/april-14-1913/




Belgian workers begin a general strike, calling for universal suffrage. 400,000 people participated in the strike, which lasted until April 25. Their demand wasn’t met until after the First World War.

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About Today In Labor History

The NHLN has joined with multiple other websites to help highlight some of the struggles that workers have faced throughout our history. We want everyone to know what the workers of the past had to endure for the rights we take for granted now. If you do not learn from the past, you are doomed to repeat it.

[lunasun]

1. yes and people died for labor laws this history must stay alive

[navarth]

2. thank you. nt

[jtuck004]

3. Needs to be taught in the schools, else it's just a nice book on the coffee table,

like Aunt Lizzie's bible. Gathers dust, nobody opens it, and one day they throw it away after it is found all molded in the cellar.

[lunasun]

6. +1

[hfojvt]

4. That must be

the most gratuitous use of the word 'Belgian' in a post.*

*Chapter 21 of "Life, the Universe, and Everything"

[burrowowl]

5. K&R!!!!!