July 5

During a strike against the Pullman Palace Car Company, which had

drastically reduced wages, buildings constructed for the 1893 World's

Columbian Exposition in Chicago's Jackson park were set ablaze, reducing

seven to ashes - 1894

Battle of Rincon Hill, San Francisco, in longshore strike. 5,000 strikers

fought 1,000 police, scabs and national guardsmen. Two strikers were

killed, 109 people injured. The incident, forever known as "Bloody

Thursday," led to a General Strike - 1934

National Labor Relations Act, providing workers rights to organize and

bargain collectively, signed by President Roosevelt - 1935

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