December 16

Not all unionists agreed with the alliance. The group turned increasingly conservative and labor withdrew after Gompers' 1924 death - 1900

New York City's Majestic Theater becomes first in the U.S. to employ women ushers - 1902

The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen & Switchmen's Union of North America merge to become United Transportation Union - 1968

Eight female bank tellers in Willmar, Minnesota, begin the first strike against a bank in U.S. history. At issue: they were paid little more than half what male tellers were paid. The strike ended in moral victory but economic defeat two years later - 1977.

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