April 15

Teacher unionists gather at the City Club on Plymouth Court in Chicago to form a new national union: the American Federation of Teachers – 1916

Also on this date: A. Philip Randolph born. IWW union Agricultural Workers Organization formed in Kansas City, Mo. Start of ultimately successful six-day strike across New England by first women-led American union. Transport Workers Union founded. First McDonald’s Restaurant opens, in Des Plaines, Ill., setting the stage years later for sociologist Amitai Etzioni to coin the term "McJob.".

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