The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions of the United States and Canada (FOTLU) was a federation of labor...
Charlie’s Monday Markers
Charlie’s Monday Markers ~ Episode 7: The 1877 Railroad Strike
The Pittsburgh railway strike occurred in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as part of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877. It...
Charlie’s Monday Markers ~ Episode Six: Jane Grey Swisshelm
Jane Grey Cannon Swisshelm was an American journalist, publisher, abolitionist, and women's rights advocate. She was...
Charlie’s Monday Markers ~ Episode Five: Blocking the Cannons, Pittsburgh, 1863
IN THE ANTEBELLUM period, Pittsburgh was a center of popular resistance to slavery. The Republican Party had its...
Charlie’s Monday Markers ~ Episode 4: Allegheny Cotton Mill Strikes
The Allegheny Textile Strike of 1845 began on September 15th in what is now known as the North Side in Pittsburgh,...
Charlie’s Monday Markers ~ Episode 3: 1892 Homestead Strike
128 years later, the Homestead Strike of 1892 retains its capacity to shock. It was a defining event which revealed in...
Charlie’s Monday Markers ~ Episode 2: Martin Delany
Martin Robison Delany was born free on May 6, 1812, in Charles Town, Virginia, now within West Virginia. The youngest...
Charlie’s Monday Markers ~ Episode 1: Crystal Eastman
Dr Charles McCollester is the Retired Director of the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Labor Center, and he is a...