November 9 - Remembering Philip Murray

Labor History in 2:00 · Nov 9, 2026 · 1m

On this day in Labor History the year was 1952.

That was the day that the labor movement lost Philip Murray.

Philip was born in Scotland in 1886 to an Irish Catholic family.

His father was a coal miner and a union leader.

Philip followed his father into the mines at just the age of ten years old.

The Father and son made the trip to the Pennsylvania coal fields together, when Philp was sixteen.

They saved enough money, and then sent for the rest of their family.

One day Philip got into an altercation with one of his bosses.

Not only was he fired, his family was kicked out of their company…