October 6

First National Conference of Trade Union Women - 1918
 
1,700 female flight attendants win 18-year, $37 million suit against United Airlines.  They had been fired for getting married - 1986
 
Thirty-two thousand machinists begin what is to be a successful 69-day strike against the Boeing Co.  The eventual settlement brought improvements that averaged an estimated $19,200 in wages and benefits over four years and safeguards against job cutbacks - 1995

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