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January 5
The nation’s first black labor convention was held in Washington, D.C., with 214 delegates forming the Colored National Labor Union - 1869
Ford Motor Company raises wages from $2.40 for a 9-hour day to $5 for an 8-hour day in effort to keep the unions out - 1914
Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins. Ten of the 11 deaths on the job came when safety netting beneath the site—the first-ever use of such equipment—failed under the stress of a scaffold that had fallen. Nineteen other workers were saved by the net over the course of construction. They became members of the (informal) Halfway to Hell Club - 1933
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CWA Members Take Bargaining Fight to the Governor
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CWA Members Take Bargaining Fight to the Governor
CWA Members Take Bargaining Fight to the Governor
CWA Members Ratify Contract with Frontier Communications
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CWA Members Ratify Contract with Frontier Communications
CWA Members Ratify Contract with Frontier Communications
CWA Canada Learns New Moves for Bargaining