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The Socialist Labor Party ( SLP) [2] is a political party in the United States. It was established in 1876, and was the first socialist party formed in the country. Originally known as the Workingmen's Party of the United States, the party changed its name in 1877 to Socialistic Labor Party [3] and again sometime in the late 1880s to Socialist ...
Texas A&M University–San Antonio. / 29.3043; -98.5247. Texas A&M University–San Antonio is a public university in San Antonio, Texas. It is part of the Texas A&M University System. The university was established on May 23, 2009, and held its first classes as a stand-alone university on August 20, 2009. It currently enrolls more than 7,300 ...
Samuel Gompers. Samuel Gompers ( né Gumpertz; January 27, 1850 – December 13, 1924) [1] was a British-born American cigar maker, labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history. Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and served as the organization's president from 1886 to 1894, and from 1895 until his death in ...
The Trades and Labor Congress of Canada was a Canada-wide central federation of trade unions from 1886 to 1956. It was founded at the initiative of the Toronto Trades and Labour Council and the Knights of Labor. It was the third attempt at a national labour federation to be formed in Canada: it succeeded the Canadian Labour Union which existed ...
According to its mission statement: “The Bureau of International Labor Affairs leads the U.S. Department of Labor's efforts to ensure that workers around the world are treated fairly and are able to share in the benefits of the global economy. ILAB's mission is to improve global working conditions, raise living standards, protect workers ...
The San Diego Building Trades Council was a labor union that wanted Garmon only to hire workers who were union members, or applied to join the union within 30 days of beginning a job. Garmon refused, the union sent peaceful pickets to persuade customers and suppliers to stop dealing with Garmon. Garmon claimed that state law applied to grant ...
Colonial (1731–1821) and Mexican (1821–1836) San Antonio. The mayors of colonial San Antonio served one-year terms, although there were exceptions: some mayors, such as José Curbelo, Ignacio Lopez de Armas and Jose Felix Menchaca, held office several times. Juan Leal Goraz became the first mayor of La Villa de San Fernando, the settlement ...
Rebecca Flores Harrington. Rebecca Flores Harrington (born 1942 or 1943) [1] is a labor activist from Texas. She was the director of the Texas chapter of the United Farm Workers labor union for several decades, and eventually became vice president of the nationwide organization.