February 2

Sixteen thousand silk workers in Paterson, NJ and 32,000 in Lawrence, Mass. strike for shorter work week with no cut in pay - 1919 Sixteen thousand silk workers in Paterson, NJ and 32,000 in Lawrence, Mass. strike for shorter work week with no cut in pay - 1919Also on this date: Chicago secretaries protest. 170-day lockout of 22,000 steelworkers by USX Corp. ends.More info & ammo for unionists is availableonline from Union Communication Services.

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