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In the early days, people who joined labor unions risked their lives! In 1881 Henry Miller, the first president of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, traveled around the county working jobs and organizing. He would have to hide his union ticket in his shoe, people would be beaten and killed for belonging to a union.

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