March 13

The term “rat,” referring to a worker who betrays fellow workers, first appears in print in the New York Daily Sentinel. The newspaper was quoting a typesetter while reporting on replacement workers who had agreed to work for two-thirds of the going rate - 1830

Civil rights activist and suffragist Susan B. Anthony dies in Rochester, N.Y. at the age of 86.  One of her quotes:  “Join the union, girls, and together say equal pay for equal work.” - 1906

A four-month UAW strike at General Motors ends with a new contract. The strikers were trying to make up for the lack of wage hikes during World War II - 1946

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