Glossary

The following are some of the terms that have been used in our labor history time-line. Click on a word and read the definition.
Barnum Festival
Blizzard of 1934
Boulwarism
Casco Products Company
Closed shop (or union shop)
Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC)
Federal loyalty oath
GE and Bryant Hemco Strike
Hod carriers
Homework in Bridgeport
International Institute
Italian Laborers
Jasper McLevy
Journeyman
Labor Day
Lockout
Marshall Plan
Mayors of Bridgeport, Connecticut in the 20th Century
Negro Musicians Local No. 549
Neighborhoods
Open shop
Palmer Raids
Piece prices (or piece rates)
Population of Bridgeport
Remington Arms
Silk warpers
Sit-down strike
Skilled workers
sympathy strike (or secondary strike)
Taft-Hartley Act
Truman Doctrine
Unskilled workers
White collar/blue collar
Wildcat strike
Women Workers
Women workers after VJ-Day