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February 6
Ironworkers from six cities meet in Pittsburgh to form the Int’l Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers of America. Their pay in Pittsburgh at the time: $2.75 for a 9-hour day - 1896
It took 1,231 firefighters 30 hours to put down The Great Baltimore Fire, which started on this day and destroyed 1,500 buildings over an area of some 140 acres - 1904
Seattle General Strike begins. The city was run by a General Strike Committee for six days as tens of thousands of union members stopped work in support of 32,000 striking longshoremen - 1919
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Owners Couldn’t Bust the Union, so They Shut Down the Paper
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Owners Couldn’t Bust the Union, so They Shut Down the Paper
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Owners Couldn’t Bust the Union, so They Shut Down the Paper
CWA Campus Workers in Virginia Oppose Attacks on Higher Education
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CWA Campus Workers in Virginia Oppose Attacks on Higher Education
CWA Campus Workers in Virginia Oppose Attacks on Higher Education
Environmental Workers Push to Join CWA
