Today In Labor History

30 August

Delegates from New York, Boston, Philadelphia and other East Coast cities met in convention to form the National Trades Union. The NTU united craft unions to oppose “the most unequal and unjustifiable distribution of the wealth of society in the hands of a few individuals.” The NTU helped spawn the organization of more than 60 new unions – 1834

Oregon Labor Press founded. It continues publishing today, as the twice-monthly Northwest Labor Press – 1900

OSHA publishes scaffold safety standard, designed to protect 2.3 million construction workers and prevent 50 deaths and 4,500 injuries annually – 1996